WPCm # UN % 0!U:w$$4H\k 0Js 0T 0^ 0ho 0r 0|I 0 0K 1u 0dP U> U* v~ v HP LaserJet 4SiHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nLH(hH  Z 6Times New Roman RegularX(9$4TR[A' Legal[A' LegalA' LegalA' LegalTX XXX,  AZ"Arial Regular0BCDDEFDGHDIJDKLMNODPQDRSDTDUVDWXYDZ[\D]^D_D`UaDbDcadUeUfghiDjklDmDnopDq!e@1d3|xq2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23    ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(&Times New Roman<  9p`(ArialPtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   inion Geneva  inion Geneva ! .  4   \RA'\  ݛ  H   INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEEATJACKSONMAYSESSION,1996   STATEOFTENNESSEE , )     ) No.02C019512CR00374 Appellee   )     ) SHELBYCOUNTYvs.     )     ) Hon.W.FredAxley,Judge JACKIEH.MARTIN ,  )     ) (PetitionForDischargeFrom Appellant   ) InvoluntaryCommitment)  󀀀 SEPARATECONCURRINGOPINION Iconcurinthemajority'sresults.However,Iwriteseparatelytoaddresstherecusalissue. 4     Themajoritycorrectlyconcludesthatthemerefactthatthetrialjudgeformerlyprosecutedtheappellantdidnotsummarilydisqualifyhimfromhearingthiscase.Ajudge,however,shallavoideventheappearanceofimpropriety.Tenn.R.Supr.Ct.,Rule10,Canon2.Accordingly,ajudgeformerlyapartyatinterestinapendingcaseshouldexerciseheightenedcautiontoavoideventheappearanceofimproprietybeforehearingthecase.Judgesshoulddisqualifythemselveswhentheirimpartialitymayreasonablybequestioned.Tenn.R.Supr.Ct.,Rule10,Canon3. Ifeelthatgiventhetotalityofthecircumstances,thiscasedoesnotpassthe"smelltest"ofincreasedcaution.Theexpert'stestimonywasuncontroverted.Rulingcontrarytouncontrovertedtestimonymaylendanappearanceofimpropriety.Prudencedictatesthatthejudgeshouldnothaveheardthecaseoriginally.Hecertainlyshouldnotcontinuetodoso.Thesetypesofproblemsarethenavoided.      ________________________________      PAULG.SUMMERS,Judge