Jul 21, 2015

Judge Miles off Ortiz case, Judge Feeney to hear motion for next court date

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."

1 comment:

  1. " It is extremely rare for the prosecutor to exercise a 170.6 against a Judge."
    Well, maybe that says something about the judge perhaps.

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