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This quote from Ima's post above, taken from the linked article Ima cites, makes no sense to me. I haven't seen everything, I'm sure, in their document(s) for reasons to have him recused, but I just can't imagine why -- unless they were just reluctant to say they thought Ammons already has his mind made up. I don't think that's the case at all. Having the same judge stay with a case, or several, is common at least in the jurisprudence I have seen in NC courts. The same judge will prolly preside at Amanda Hayes trial in January, 2014 -- unless he retires, which he is eligible to do...Lawyers ask judge to recuse himself in trial of Shaniya Davis' mother
Lawyers for the mother of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis are asking Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Jim Ammons to recuse himself from her upcoming trial.
If anyone can tell me more about the reasoning behind this recusal pitch, please speak up... Maybe I just missed something.
This quote from Ima's post above, taken from the linked article Ima cites, makes no sense to me. I haven't seen everything, I'm sure, in their document(s) for reasons to have him recused, but I just can't imagine why -- unless they were just reluctant to say they thought Ammons already has his mind made up. I don't think that's the case at all. Having the same judge stay with a case, or several, is common at least in the jurisprudence I have seen in NC courts. The same judge will prolly preside at Amanda Hayes trial in January, 2014 -- unless he retires, which he is eligible to do...
It sounds like the old throwing-spaghetti-against-the-wall-to-see-what-sticks trick to me.
eta: Please know that my comments above do not in any way have anything to do with Ima -- ima only presented the article -- my objections have to do with what's in the article itself!!
If anyone can tell me more about the reasoning behind this recusal pitch, please speak up... Maybe I just missed something.
from the article previously cited above by imamaze.Before concluding Friday's proceedings, Ammons ordered Davis to stand in his courtroom.
"I saw you on that videotape. 'All he was supposed to do was have sex with her. That's it. That's all. That's it,' " Ammons said to Davis. "You could have saved your daughter's life, but you did not. You had the opportunity and the means to save Shaniya's life, and you did not.
"You are not a good mother. This did not have to happen. Take her away, please."