Judge John Feeney will hear the motion on discovery for the Ortiz case on July 23.
Judge Miles has been disqualified, according to court computer records.
I wanted to make sure I had the information on how 170.6 works locally, and I called Allan Dollison. The quote below is from him:
Each side has a right to disqualify one Judge. Since Humboldt uses a Master Calendaring system the motion can be made at any time. Since Judge Miles had been assigned it based upon the Defendant's last name all of the pre-trial proceedings will now be assigned to a new Judge. The 170.6 is automatic. It is extremely rare for the prosecutor to exercise a 170.6 against a Judge. I chose to never do that when I was in the DAs office."
" It is extremely rare for the prosecutor to exercise a 170.6 against a Judge."
ReplyDeleteWell, maybe that says something about the judge perhaps.