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Conroe, Texas

Wednesday hearing set on removing Peterson judge

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District Judge Kelly W. Case
Attorneys ask District Judge Kelly W. Case to recuse himself from the bench for the case against NFL player Adrian Petersen of the Minnesota Vikings during a court hearing at the Lee G. Alworth Building and the Montgomery County 9th District Court Petersen on October 8, 2014 in Conroe, Texas. Petersen is facing charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child.
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A hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday on whether to remove the judge presiding over the felony child abuse case against Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.

Related: Peterson: I'm no child abuser

Assistant Montgomery County District Attorney Phil Grant told the Houston Chronicle that prosecutors plan to argue for replacing state District Judge Kelly Case as presiding judge in the Peterson case. That's after Case was said to have referred to attorneys in the case as "media whores."

However, Grant said Peterson's lead attorney, Rusty Hardin, is scheduled to be out of town Wednesday and the hearing may be rescheduled.

Case apologized at Peterson's first court appearance Wednesday, saying the comment was meant as a joke.

Peterson is charged with felony injury to a child for using a wooden switch on his 4-year-old son.