Legal Opinion
United States v. Carol Bayless
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 18, 2000No. 1998PublishedCited by 223 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal from a conviction of narcotics offenses, defendant-appellant Carol Bayless argues that the district judge (Harold Baer, Jr., J.) who presided over a pretrial suppression hearing was obliged to recuse himself in the interest of the appearance of justice. Judge Baer’s original decision to grant Bayless’s motion to suppress drugs seized from her car was fiercely criticized by politicians and press alike, some of whom called for his impeachment. In the midst of the furor over his ruling, Judge Baer granted the government’s motion for reconsideration of his…
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