William K. McMahon v. Gary Hodges, Warden, Gowanda Correctional Facility, and the Attorney General of the State of New York

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• holding that judge’s statement that defendant would likely be convicted given evidence at co-defendant’s trial did not require recusal
• “Although federal judges are prohibited from participating in plea bargaining, see Fed. R. Crim. P. 11, this blanket prohibition does not apply to state judges.”
• “Although federal judges are prohibited from participating in plea bargaining, this blanket prohibition does not apply to state judges.”
• even though “the trial judge had undoubtedly formed opinions about [the defendant’s] likely guilt during the course of [a co- conspirator’s] trial at which the judge presided,” recusal was not required

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