State v. Richardson

Summary

The court rejected the defendant’s challenges to the presiding judge’s qualification and to the admission and presentation of graphic photographic evidence. It held that the defendant did not provide substantial evidence showing that the judge was a potential material witness or that his prior prosecution of the defendant’s mother created a reasonable question about impartiality, and it found no abuse of discretion in admitting the photographs. The supplied opinion is truncated before the court’s final disposition and before resolution of additional issues.