LAWTON -- A Greer County judge has been assigned to preside over a murder case against three people charged in the death of an elderly Lawton man.
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All three Comanche County judges recused themselves in the case because the victim's son-in-law is an attorney who practices in southwest Oklahoma.
Greer County Associate District Judge Danny Deaver will preside over the first-degree murder case against Ricky Gallegos, Jade Burns and Kelsey Campbell.
The three are accused in the April beating death of 81-year-old Johnny Tharp, who prosecutors say was killed during a robbery.
The three are scheduled for trial in February.
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Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
