COPE, C.J.
Because the trial judge should have disqualified herself, we grant the petition for writ of prohibition.
Edward Dorch was the defendant in a violation of probation proceeding. Defendant-petitioner Dorch had been adjudicated incompetent to proceed with the probation violation hearing due to mental illness. The defendant had been reevaluated and the matter was pending for a determination whether the defendant had regained competency.
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