The judge presiding over Brooks Houck's murder trial will stay on the case.
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Last month, Houck's attorneys asked the high court to remove Simms, arguing his "impartiality might reasonably be questioned from the perspective of a reasonable observer who is informed of all the surrounding facts and circumstances."
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The chief justice wrote that Judge Charles Simms III "should have been afforded an opportunity to grant or deny a motion for recusal” himself before a higher court gets involved.
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Brooks Houck is asking that Judge Charles Simms III be disqualified from his murder case due to what he calls a bias against him.
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The disappearance of Crystal Rogers has haunted a community for eight years, but it's impact brings along another tragedy: a 10-year-old boy who's mother is presumed dead and who's father now charged with her murder.