Gaal v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that a defendant does not have an absolute right to enter into a plea bargain
• recognizing one subsection concerns bias and the other concerns impartiality but that there is “much overlap between these two subsections”
• identifying Gentry as “[a] clear instance of ‘personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts’ requiring recusal”
• noting that Rule 18b sets out the law concerning recusal
• applying rule lSb of Rules of Civil Procedure to disqualiflcation and recusal issue in criminal case
• discussing bases for recusal of judges including where evidence of ex parte communications establishes personal bias (citing Abdygapparova v. State, 243 S.W.3d 191, 207-10 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2007, pet. ref’d

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).