Court Opinion

ID: 4842674
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-08-23 12:42:38.654237+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:11:37.797435
License: Public Domain

MURPHY, J.,
CONCURS WITH REASONS
Uni agree with the majority to affirm the trial court’s rulings at issue and write separately for the limited purpose of including the following concurrence:
As a best practice, in instances where the trial court is presented with a question of whether a valid ground for recusal has been set forth, it is advisable that any doubt should be resolved by referring the motion to another judge for a hearing, as provided in La. C.C.P. arts. 155 and 156. Thus, the trial court can take an affirmative step to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Knight v. Magri, 15-63 (La. App. 5 Cir. 3/18/03) (unpublished writ disposition).