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• characterizing “allegation based on judge’s background [that] states no specific facts that would suggest he would be anything but impartial in deciding the case before him ... [as a] claim of bias [that] is general or impersonal at best”
• requiring a legally sufficient affidavit to state facts that “if true they would convince a reasonable man that a bias exists” and “the facts must show the bias is personal, as opposed to judicial, in nature”
• requiring a legally sufficient affidavit to state facts that “if true they would convince a reasonable man that a bias exists” and “the facts must show the bias is personal, as opposed to judicial, in nature”
• requiring a legally sufficient affidavit to state facts that “if true they would convince a reasonable man that a bias exists” and “the facts must show the bias is personal, as opposed to judicial, in nature”
• “friendship between the judge and counsel for appellees, without more, is so lacking in merit as to warrant no discussion”
• legally sufficient affidavit must state facts that “if true they would convince a reasonable man that a bias exists” and “[t]he facts must show the bias is personal, as opposed to judicial, in nature”

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