Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-06 15:07:07.834543+00
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STATE OF LOUISIANA

STATE       OF LOUISIANA                                                        NO.          2023       KW    0322

VERSUS

MATTHEW       MIRE
                                                                                         JULY       6,       2023

In    Re:         Matthew        Mire,                      for                                                 23rd
                                           applying                  supervisory                writs,

                  Judicial        District       Court,        Parish          of        Ascension,            Nos.
                  444951       44496.

BEFORE:           LANIER,      HESTER,     AND   MILLER,       JJ.

                                                        WIL
                                                        CHH

        Miller,      J.     dissents       and   would       grant       the    writ         application.
Under       the   unique        circumstances          presented          in    this          first          degree
murder      prosecution,
                                  I would grant the motion to recuse the trial
judge.        The    judge' s         brother    is     a   detective          with          the     Ascension
Parish       Sheriff' s        Office     and    is    a    link    in    the           chain      of
                                                                                                          custody
for     evidence        that    the     state    intends       to     present           at    trial,        as he
logged      in    and     transported         evidence        for     testing            related         to    this
case.       Thus,
                     based on an objective evaluation of the totality of
the     circumstances,            I    find   the                              forth
                                                       criteria       set                     in     Louisiana
Code of Criminal               Procedure article            671( 8)      are   met.           See        State   v.
Spicer,      2023- 00570 (        La.    6/ 26/ 23),            So. 3d              f    2023      WL     4199303
 per    curiam).