Judge denies recusal request in murder case

OKMULGEE — An Oklahoma judge denied a request Tuesday that she recuse herself from a murder case in Okmulgee.

Amy Hall is accused of fatally shooting two of her teenage children and wounding her third child in November.

Court records show Special District Judge Pandee Ramirez rejected a request by defense attorneys to step aside.

Attorneys say Ramirez should disqualify herself because she is already overseeing a deprived action case involving Hall and the surviving child.

Court records do not show that Hall has yet entered a plea.