9.1 The Judge

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9.1 The Judge

The Constitution guarantees that the judge in all criminal cases will be impartial.¹ This guarantee has been enforced in several important ways.

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Notes:

^[1] . Bracy v. Gramley, 520 U.S. 899, 904 (1997) ("[T]he floor established by the Due Process Clause clearly requires a 'fair trial in a fair tribunal' before a judge with no actual bias against the defendant or interest in the outcome of his particular case") (quoting Withrow v. Larkin, 421 U.S. 35, 46 [1975]).