Hawaii Supreme Court· 5/25/1999

State v. Ross

Citations

974 P.2d 11
89 Haw. 371

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analyzing the appropriate procedure for seeking disqualification based on personal bias
“We have long recognized, however, that petitioners may not predicate their claims of disqualifying bias on adverse rulings, even if the rulings are erroneous.”
“An appellate court may affirm a judgment of the lower court on any ground in the record that supports affir-mance.”
“An appellate court may affirm a judgment of the lower court on any ground in the record that supports affirmance.”
“The test for disqualification due to the ‘appearance of impropriety1 is an objective one, based not on the beliefs of the petitioner or the judge, but on the assessment of a reasonable impartial onlooker apprised of all the facts.”

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Judges: Moon, Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, Klein

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