Estep v. Hardeman

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the trial judge’s comments on the credibility of prospective witnesses suggested that he had prejudged the case, an indication of bias
• “[E]ither actual prejudice on the part of the trial judge or its mere appearance can require the disqualification of that judge.”
• denials or explanations by the respondent judge cannot be considered by this court in evaluating motions to disqualify
• “Thus, either actual prejudice on the part of the trial judge or its mere appearance can require the disqualification of that judge.”
• on interlocutory appeal of denial of a disqualification motion, supreme court ordered the judge to recuse from future proceedings after he disparaged a defense witness’s credibility to defense counsel before any hearing had occurred
• not selected for official publication.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).