Legal Opinion
Ronald N. Johnson v. Thomas J. Carroll, Warden Attorney General of the State of Delaware Thomas Carroll
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 24, 2004No. 03-2101PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises an interesting question under the recent enactment of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) pertaining to the failure of a state judge to recuse himself because his impartiality might reasonably be questioned. A grand jury in Delaware indicted Ronald N. Johnson for the theft of property valued in excess of $1000, possession of a deadly weapon by a person prohibited, and several other related crimes. After a trial to a jury, he was convicted of the weapon charge and the lesser included charge of aggravated…
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