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Originally Posted by flstf
I would probably not ask for the judge to recuse himself because I think he would most likely go out of his way and maybe go a little overboard to show that he is impartial which might benefit me at trial.  |
I thought the timing was a bit unusual. I'd wait to see if the judge DID actually do something in the early stages before asking him to step aside, under the logic that you espoused--bending over backward in my direction to eliminate any appearance of bias.