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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/3/1987

Commonwealth v. Berrigan

Citations

  • 535 A.2d 91
  • 369 Pa. Super. 145
  • 1987 Pa. Super. LEXIS 9613

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  • holding that while a judge need not have declared a mistrial where his bias never infected the jury, necessity required his recusal during sentencing to allow ‘one without hint of animosity toward Appellant’ to exercise such ‘largely unfettered ... discretion.’
  • holding that while a judge need not have declared a mistrial where his bias never infected the jury, necessity required his recu-sal during sentencing to allow “one without hint of animosity toward appellant” to exercise such “largely unfettered ... discretion.”
  • holding that while a judge need not have declared a mistrial where his bias never infected the jury, necessity required his recusal during sentencing to allow \one without hint of animosity toward appellant\ to exercise such \largely unfettered ... discretion.\
  • defendant must show that the court’s bias might have infected the jury or deprived him of a fair trial; telling a defendant on the stand that he has “a tendency to ramble on” does not establish bias
  • defendant must show that the court's bias might have infected the jury or deprived him of a fair trial; telling a defendant on the stand that he has \a tendency to ramble on\ does not establish bias
  • remand for resentencing before a different judge

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Judges: Cavanaugh, Brosky, McEwen, Sole, Beck, Tamilia, Kelly, Popovich, Johnson, Consequently

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