Court Opinion

ID: 7592879
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 06:47:52.633583+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:24:41.196979
License: Public Domain

POLEN, Judge,
concurring specially.
While I am inclined to agree with the majority that ultimately, the writ of prohibition should be granted in this case, I would have preferred to give the respondent (or the state, as an interested party) the opportunity to respond to the petition before ruling. Because this is a proceeding in prohibition, respondent has undoubtedly (and properly) waited for an order to show cause before filing a response.
Having said all this, I am hard pressed to perceive any response which would negate the impact of the trial judge’s lengthy, and self-defensive, order denying recusal. The legal effect of such an order is to mandate the very result the trial court sought to avoid — disqualification.