Legal Opinion
Schupper v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 30, 2007No. 05SC591PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eid
In People v. Julien, 47 P.3d 1194 (Colo.2002), we held that a trial court judge's prior employment as a district attorney did not automatically require the judge's disqualification from a criminal matter. The mere existence of such a professional relationship is not sufficient to create either actual bias or the appearance of impropriety.
Today we apply our holding in Julien to personal relationships We hold that the mere existence of a trial court judge's friendship with a member of a prosecution team, by itself, does not create either actual bias or the appearance of impropriety. Rather, as…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Liteky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- United States v. John M. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Robert Henderson v. Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Etc., Houston T. Penn, Movant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- People v. JulienSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
- Osborn v. District Court, Fourteenth Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
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3Cited by16 opinions
- People v. DeBellaColorado Court of Appeals · 2009
- People v. SchupperColorado Court of Appeals · 2014
- Ruiz v. Hope for Children, Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2013
- Watson v. Cal-Three, LLCColorado Court of Appeals · 2011
- Ruff v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the StateColorado Court of Appeals · 2009
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