Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 29, 1998No. 119 Capital Appeal DktPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION IN SUPPORT OF DENIAL OF APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR RECUSAL
CASTILLE, Justice.
On August 5, 1996, appellant filed an Application for Recusal requesting that I recuse myself from participating in the consideration or decision of his appeal pending in this Court stating the following concerns (1) I served as an Assistant District Attorney and as the District Attorney of Philadelphia County during certain periods when this matter was being tried or appealed; (2) As a former prosecutor, I allegedly have a “vested interest” in protecting my former colleagues such that I would be unable to judge…
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