TEXAS COUNTY, Okla. (KFDA) –

Multiple judges have responded to Tad Cullum’s motion for recusal, and the State of Oklahoma received a response for the order allowing consumptive testing of evidence.
The ongoing murder case of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley in the Oklahoma Panhandle continues with updates on Cullum’s request that Judge Jon Parsley recuse himself from the case.
The Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Oklahoma has denied the order for extraordinary relief by removing the judge, citing that the defendant has failed to establish a clear right to the relief he wants.
Cullum had requested that Parsley recuse himself based on bias and impropriety because 15 years ago he was the lawyer for Tifany Adams in a civil case in Cimarron County.

Two separate times, Parsley declined to disqualify himself from the case.
Attorneys filed an appeal, and Judge Tom Newbyalso found no basis to disqualify Parsley.
Tad Cullum then submitted to the court of criminal appeals for review, which also denied the request to recuse Parsley.
Cullum did not appear at the last court hearing due to the pending resolution of this appeal, and now the stay has been lifted.

All five defendants are scheduled for further proceedings, and the hearing on the state’s application for an order allowing testing that could destroy or damage has finally been set for July 30 at 10 a.m.