IN RE DISQUALIFICATION OF SAFFOLD

No. 10-AP-036.

134 Ohio St.3d 1204 (2010)

2010-Ohio-6723

IN RE DISQUALIFICATION OF SAFFOLD. THE STATE OF OHIO v. SOWELL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 22, 2010.


PFEIFER, Acting C.J.

{¶ 1} The defendant in the underlying case, Anthony E. Sowell, has been charged with the aggravated murders of 11 women in an 85-count indictment. Sowell faces the possible imposition of the death penalty, and the case has drawn extensive media coverage.

{¶ 2} The issue in this affidavit-of-disqualification proceeding is whether the trial judge presiding over Sowell's case, Judge Shirley...

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