State v. Alonzo

How courts have described this case

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• holding trial judge's comments were not reversible error because he \sought to cure any perception of favoritism\ by instructing the jury that it alone would determine the facts
• indicating that a jury helps insulate a judge from the effects of an appearance of partiality
• indicating that a failed attempt to disqualify a judge is a prerequisite for requiring a party “to show actual bias or abuse of discretion” on appeal
• stating that \a trial judge's failure to recuse based on the appearance of bias may be grounds for reversal if actual prejudice is shown\ (quotation simplified)
• finding no prejudice resulted from trial court comments on the evidence at trial in part because any perception of favoritism was cured by the trial court's subsequent instruction that the jurors were the ultimate fact finders
• approving instruction stating, “If you find in this case that the officers used excessive force in making arrests, then they are acting beyond the scope of their authority and the defendants are justified to use reasonable force in protecting themselves or others”

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