This comes after Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price took to social media Wednesday afternoon saying the judge overstepped his boundaries.
Price reminded her viewers that a judge is “supposed to be an impartial referee.”
“Because of judge McCannon’s inappropriate comments and conduct, on two separate occasions, my office will file a motion to disqualify him from hearing any criminal cases from being prosecuted by our offices,” Price said in the video.Under the law, the DA's office isn’t required to state its reasons and the judge does not have a right to object or ask for an explanation.
“You’re basically saying, this judge cannot exercise discretion on any case involving the DA's office. I think that’s something that needs to be done in a very careful way,” said Clark. “To issue a blanket challenge against a judge is something that’s highly irregular and it also calls into constitutional questions of separation of power,” said Clark.
It’s not clear what all this means for the triple murder case that McCannon rejected the plea deal on. He set the trial date for that case for later this month.However, The Chronicle is reporting the judge denied the DA’s motion to have him removed.
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