Estep v. Hardeman

NEIGHBORS, Justice.

Pursuant to C.A.R. 21, we issued a rule to show cause why the respondent district court judge should not disqualify himself from hearing a motion for post-conviction relief in a criminal case in which he is alleged to be biased. We now make the rule absolute.

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The petition for a writ of mandamus and the accompanying affidavits recite the following facts pertinent to our resolution of this original proceeding: In 1975, the peti tioner, Park Estep, was convicted of, among other crimes, first-degree murder, and sentenced to a prison term of 48 to 67 years. 1 In 1984, Estep…