State v. Foust

{¶ 1} Four Cuyahoga County assistant prosecuting attorneys have filed affidavits vfith the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Cassandra Collier-Williams from presiding over any further proceedings in the above-captioned capital case, over which she has presided since January 2013 and which is now pending for a new mitigation hearing.

{¶ 2} For the reasons explained below, the prosecutors have not established that Judge Collier-Williams’s disqualification is necessary in this case.

Background

{¶ 3} In 2001, Kelly Foust, the defendant in the underlying case, was…