Judge in Adrian Peterson child abuse case will remain
A judge has denied a motion by prosecutors to remove a Montgomery County judge from the child abuse case of NFL star Adrian Peterson.
Retired Fort Worth Judge Jeff Walker handed down the ruling on Wednesday afternoon, following a hearing on the state's motion to have 9th State District Judge Kelly Case recused from the case for alleged bias against prosecutors.
Peterson's defense attorney, Rusty Hardin, raised multiple objections to prosecutors' efforts to introduce testimony about past actions by Case.
"Sometimes you can't look at this in a vacuum," First Assistant District Attorney Phil Grant said. "You have to look at a history of the judge's actions."
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