People v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Chun, J.), rendered June 6, 2012, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
A judge is the sole arbiter of the need for recusal absent a legal disqualification under Judiciary Law § 14, and a court’s decision whether to recuse is a matter of discretion and personal conscience (see People v Moreno, 70 NY2d 403, 405-406 [1987]; Matter of State of New York v Leon F., 84 AD3d 1098, 1100 [2011]). Here, nothing…
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