People v. Gallagher
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Contrary to the defendant’s contentions, we find that the Trial Judge did not improvidently exercise his discretion in denying the defendant’s motion for recusal. As we have recently observed, "[t]he question of whether a Judge should recuse himself, to avoid an appearance of impropriety, is a matter left to the personal conscience of the court” (People v Fischer, 143 AD2d 1036; see also, People v Bartolomeo, 126 AD2d 375). The record reveals that the Trial Judge in the case at bar determined that he harbored no prejudice against the defendant, and that he had not reached any preconceived…
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