Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Bobby Dean HIGGINBOTHAM
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2010-09-03
Citations: 44 So. 3d 701
Docket Number: No. 2010-KK-2043
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Bobby Dean HIGGINBOTHAM.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 44
Pages: 701–701

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Bobby Dean HIGGINBOTHAM.
No. 2010-KK-2043.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 3, 2010.

Opinion:
In re Higginbotham, Bobby Dean;—Defendant; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Tensas, 6th Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 79,152; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 45,981-KW.
Writ granted. If a judge is to take the stand as a witness in a motion for new trial containing multiple grounds, he should be recused from presiding at the hearing. See La.C.Cr.P.art. 671. Judge Crigler is recused from hearing the motion for new trial in its entirety.