TENNESSEE
Greeneville Sun
Ken Little
A post-conviction hearing initially scheduled last week in Sullivan County Criminal Court for former Catholic priest and Greene County resident William Casey will now be held on Feb. 3.
A hearing relating to the case was held on Oct. 30. Judge James F. Goodwin denied a motion by Casey’s lawyer, Francis X. Santore Jr., to recuse prosecutor Barry Staubus and his office from the case.
Goodwin had earlier denied a motion by Santore to have himself recused from the case as judge. Santore appealed to the state Court of Criminal Appeals, which also denied the motion and remanded the case back to Goodwin’s court.
Staubus is district attorney general for the 2nd Judicial District that includes Sullivan County. He was lead prosecutor in July 2011, when Casey’s jury trial was held.
The trial judge, Robert H. Montgomery Jr., became a state Court of Criminal Appeals judge in 2014.
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