14 Legislators File Complaint Against Judge Elmore — Aaron Spencer Gets New Judge 48 Hours Before Trial
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 1 February 2026
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Summary
The Arkansas Supreme Court removed Judge Barbara Elmore from Aaron Spencer's murder case 48 hours before trial was set to begin. This is the same judge who released Michael Fosler on bond after he was charged with 43 felonies including alleged rape of a minor. The same judge whose gag order the Supreme Court already struck down as a "plain, manifest, clear, and gross abuse of discretion." The same judge who ignored their warning and restricted public access again. Now 14 state legislators have filed a formal complaint with the Judicial Discipline Commission. The Supreme Court granted a Writ of Certiorari to review every ruling Elmore made. And retired Judge Ralph Wilson—31 years on the bench, known as an advocate for children—is taking over one of the most watched trials in Arkansas.
Aaron Spencer is the Lonoke County father charged with second-degree murder after killing Fosler. According to the defense, Fosler showed up with Spencer's 14-year-old daughter in his vehicle at 1 a.m. after she went missing from her bedroom—despite being charged with sexually assaulting her and ordered to stay away from minors. Spencer told authorities he rammed Fosler's truck off the road and shot him after Fosler allegedly lunged at him. The dashcam footage that could have supported the defense's version of events reportedly vanished—the SD card gone weeks before trial. But the bodycam from three months before the shooting, showing Spencer's grief when he learned about his daughter? Prosecutors kept that. They want it in front of the jury. Defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down what the judicial removal means, what prior rulings could be reconsidered, and whether this case should have ever been charged. Spencer is still running for Lonoke County Sheriff while awaiting trial.
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| 0:16.6 | So, the judge, she released a man facing 43 child S charges on Bond is the same judge who just got thrown off a case of the father who killed him. |
| 0:28.1 | And she is still on the bench, by the way. She's just off of this case. I think that's important to know. |
| 0:35.7 | Friday, January 23rd, the Arkansas Supreme Court removed Judge |
| 0:39.4 | Barbara Elmore from the Aaron Spencer murder trial. Not asked her to recuse herself. That's already |
| 0:47.0 | been done. Not suggested she step aside, removed her. Forty-eight hours before trial was supposed to start. |
| 0:55.1 | This is the second time the state's highest court had to intervene because of this judge. |
| 1:02.0 | 14 state legislators have now filed a formal complaint asking whether Aaron Spencer was ever going to get a fair trial in her courtroom. |
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