Labels:book | bulletin board | poster | reckoner | sky OCR: sentenced each of them, on June 21. 1991, to guideline prison terms. Defendants thereupon appealed their convictions to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh cuit alleging that Judge Elliott had erroneously refused to consider whether his cond luct during the 1983 trial of Father Bourgeois gave rise ar appearance ot impropri- etv and that his conduct during the 1991 trial deprived the defendants fair trial, The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendants convictions United States Liteky 973 F.2d 910 {11th 1992). The Supreme Court granted certiorari to consider whether an appearance of bias which arises T he course D judicial proceedings can require recusal under U.S.C. 455a) ARGUMENT A guarantee of an impartial judge is essential to a fair pue effective judicial system. Ward Village ...
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