Judge In Mansfield Midwifery Case Recuses Self

A new judge will have to hear the case against a woman in Mansfield accused of helping deliver a child although she did not have a midwife license. The baby later died. The original judge in the case against Victoria Kocher has disqualified herself because her husband has done business with the couple whose baby died. Kocher is charged with unauthorized practice of midwifery and endangerment to a child. She says she never claimed to be a midwife – that she was just a labor coach.