PER CURIAM
Writ granted. The order granting Judge Comeaux's recusal is hereby reversed. We find it noteworthy the motion to recuse was filed after Judge Comeaux had already accepted the defendant's guilty plea, albeit before sentencing. Further, we do not find the potential for bias for the average judge in this position is unconstitutionally high. Rather, we find instructive a comment to La. Code Crim. P. art. 651: "If the district judge has signed restraining...
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