The judge overseeing the case for two years has been ordered to step aside due to the unpredictable nature of the trial. In order to preserve the public's confidence, a judge in Fulton County, Ga., ruled on Monday that the judge who has presided over jury selection and arguments for 10 months must be removed.
Once a new judge is assigned to the case, the trial will resume. The judge met secretly with prosecutors and a key witness who refused to testify in the case of a rapper and another co-defendant. The defense lawyers said the meeting was improper and coercive.
Judge Rachel Krause was one of Judge Glanville's judicial colleagues.