ENID, Okla. (KFOR) – A former Garfield County judge, facing a trial in connection to a 2023 drive-by shooting at one of his brother-in-law's home, may see his case moved to a different county.

Comanche County District judge Emmitt Tayloe heard multiple arguments in connection to the Brian Lovell case Friday.

The state of Oklahoma alleges that in 2023, Lovell shot at his brother-in-law's home in the town of Bison in Garfield County. Lovell was indicted on those charges in May 2024.

Lovell resigned from the bench in September 2024, citing thyroid cancer and dementia diagnoses.

"Mr. Lovell has been diagnosed by the preeminent psychiatrist in this state as having found a temporal dementia," said Stephen Jones, Lovell's attorney, in a July 21 interview.

Lovell's resignation came one year a

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