Kwame Kilpatrick failed Wednesday in his bid to have the judge who ordered him to pay $1 million in restitution thrown off the case, reports The Detroit Free Press.
From The Freep:
For weeks now, Kilpatrick’s lawyers and prosecutors have sparred over whether the ex-mayor violated the terms of his probation, most notably by cutting his monthly payments to the City of Detroit in half.
Kilpatrick lawyer Michael Alan Schwartz recently asked Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner to remove himself from the case, arguing that Groner could become a witness because he had knowledge of what Kilpatrick disclosed about his finances.
After Groner refused to remove himself Tuesday, Schwartz took the issue to Judge Edward Ewell Jr., chief judge of the Wayne County Circuit’s criminal division.
Ewell sided with Groner, noting Wednesday that he could find no similar case in which a judge was removed. “There’s a very high standard to disqualify a judge,” he said before ruling against Schwartz.
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