Opinion
No. 2010-KK-2043.
September 3, 2010.
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.