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Aaron Banks' reckoning with justice for his DUI arrest last month is postponed for another day.  WLBT reported: 

A Hinds County judge has postponed the trial of a Jackson city council president charged with driving under the influence, saying the decision came after the county prosecutor recused himself from the proceeding.

Judge Frank Sutton made the continuance announcement during court Tuesday, minutes after the DUI trial had been slated to begin.

Documents obtained exclusively by 3 On Your Side, however, show that County Prosecutor Gerald Mumford told the Hinds County Justice Court about the conflict of interest more than a month before the trial date.

“The undersigned counsel previously represented Mr. Banks, and he was the undersigned campaign manager,” Mumford said in the letter. “Further, I request that the Court appoint a Special Prosecutor for the prosecution in the above styled and numbered cases.”....

Mumford submitted the notice of recusal on January 27, sending an email with the notice to Justice Court Clerk Patricia Woods.

Woods confirmed she received it the same day, email records show.

However, when WLBT asked Woods Tuesday for any information that would indicate the reason for the continuance — and the county prosecutor’s recusal — the clerk only presented copies of the jacket for the case that showed the plea, date for trial, and continuance information signed by Sutton, not the notice of recusal WLBT would later obtain.....

WLBT broke news of the councilman’s arrest in January, days after a state trooper stopped Banks on Interstate 55 for swerving.

His blood alcohol level registered at twice the legal limit, and the trooper charged the Ward 6 councilman with DUI first offense.

Banks will now have to wait until the court appoints a special prosecutor to take on the case before he gets the chance to defend his actions. Article and video.