Wyatt v. Ropke

GRANTING ORDER OF PROHIBITION

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Charles Ronald Wyatt, under indictment cor armed robbery and scheduled for trial in that division of the criminal branch of the Jefferson Circuit Court presided over by Judge Frank A. Ropke, filed a motion with supporting affidavit that Judge Ropke vacate the bench. The motion was overruled, whereupon Wyatt brought the instant proceeding in this court seeking an order prohibiting Judge Ropke from presiding in the case.

A novel question is presented, in that the charged prejudice and bias of Judge Ropke relate only to the matter of whether…