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Colorado Supreme Court clarifies when judges must recuse for potential bias
The Colorado Supreme Court clarified on Tuesday that judges must recuse themselves when there is a “sufficiently high” probability an observer will deem them biased in a case, but an El Paso County defendant had not established his trial judge fell into that category. Khalil Jamandre Sanders is serving 32 years in prison for shooting and injuring…
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Colorado justices tentatively agree that judges’ appearance of bias can matter in criminal appeals
Although members of the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed unconvinced that an El Paso County judge should have recused herself from a case because she was previously the victim of a similar crime, the court was less receptive to the government’s position that a judge’s appearance of bias can almost never be grounds for…
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Colorado justices tentatively agree that judges’ appearance of bias can matter in criminal appeals
Although members of the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed unconvinced that an El Paso County judge should have recused herself from a case because she was previously the victim of a similar crime, the court was less receptive to the government’s position that a judge’s appearance of bias can almost never be grounds for…
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Colorado justices tentatively agree that judges’ appearance of bias can matter in criminal appeals
Although members of the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed unconvinced that an El Paso County judge should have recused herself from a case because she was previously the victim of a similar crime, the court was less receptive to the government’s position that a judge’s appearance of bias can almost never be grounds for…