Reinstated in Delphi murder case, attorneys again look to remove judge

Attorneys for Richard Allen contend any ruling in a case of the 2017 murders of Abby Williams and Libby German will be tainted with bias if Judge Fran Gull stays on through a trial

The defense team for Richard Allen, a Delphi man accused in a double murder of two teens in 2017, made their first move since being reinstated the case by the Indiana Supreme Court, filing another motion to have Judge Fran Gull recuse herself or have a new judge appointed.

Brad Rozzi and Andrew Baldwin, forced off the case in October before winning their way back on, contend in a motion filed late Sunday that Gull has played her hand and is biased in such a way that would taint the outcome of a trial scheduled for fall 2024.

They claim that the Indiana Supreme Court – during Jan. 18 arguments about whether Rozzi and Baldwin could come back to the case and whether Gull could stay on, as well – raised similar questions. The attorneys contend in the new motion to disqualify that Gull “already interfered with one of the most sacred concepts in our Constitution” when she removed them from the case for what she considered “gross negligence and incompetence.”