Tumey v. Ohio

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• holding that appellant’s due process rights were violated when mayor received compensation for his statutorily-mandated judicial duties only if defendant was convicted
• holding that appellant's due process rights were violated when mayor received compensation for his statutorily-mandated judicial duties only if defendant was convicted
• holding that due process is violated where judge has “direct, personal, substantial pecuniary interest” in convicting
• concluding that a judge who was paid based on his number of convictions had an unconstitutional “direct pecuniary interest in the outcome” of his cases
• concluding that judges should not preside over cases involving a “direct, substantial pecuniary interest” in the outcome
• holding that a judge with a direct, personal, substantial pecuniary interest in reach a conclusion against [the criminal defendant] in his case” was constitutionally disqualified

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).