State v. Reese

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 4670

Syllabus

Judicial bias due process ineffective assistance of counsel. Defendant's due process rights were not biased when the trial court acted as the trier of fact in a bench trial after the court had accused the defendant of being untruthful at a pretrial hearing. Reese did not overcome the presumption of establishing that the trial court was biased or prejudiced against him. Further, because we found no evidence of judicial bias, Reese's trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to request that the trial judge remove himself from the case.