Gonzalez v. Goldstein

How courts have described this case

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• announcing an intention to make a specific ruling prior to evidence or argument \is the paradigm of judicial bias and prejudice\
• granting prohibition after judge announced that he would sentence defendant to the top of the guidelines before taking testimony in mitigation
• granting prohibition due to judge’s announcement that he would sentence defendant to top of guidelines before considering any mitigating evidence
• determining trial judge's announced intention before a scheduled hearing to make a specific ruling, regardless of any evidence or argument to the contrary, is indicative of judicial bias and prejudice
• granting a writ of prohibition where the trial court told defense counsel before a scheduled resentencing hearing that he would not listen to any mitigation evidence and intended to resentence the defendant to the maximum period allowed under the guidelines
• same judge disqualified for announcing before hearing what the eventual sentence will be at forthcoming resentencing

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