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· 10/12/2023

Ex Parte Jacob Martinez v. the State of Texas

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  • holding that evidence of bias sufficient to require recusal of a judge must come from an extrajudicial source, rather than merely from unfavorable rulings
  • holding that evidence of bias sufficient to require recusal of a judge must come from an extrajudicial source, rather than merely from unfavorable rulings
  • holding that charges of judicial bias and partiality cannot be established solely by “expressions of impatience, dissatisfaction, annoyance, and even anger”
  • holding that charges of judicial bias and partiality cannot be established solely by “expressions of impatience, dissatisfaction, annoyance, and even anger”
  • holding that a judge is not biased or prejudiced if the judge forms opinions as a result of knowledge obtained in earlier proceedings
  • holding that “judicial rulings alone almost never constitute a valid basis for a bias or partiality motion.”

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