Fair Tribunal:

LibraryThe Rulebook: The Definitive Quick Reference Guide for New York Criminal Law Practitioners (2020 Ed.)

FAIR TRIBUNAL: "'A fair trial in a fair tribunal is a basic requirement of due process' (Matter of Murchison, 349 US 133, 136 [1955]; see US Const, Amend XIV, § 1; NY Const, art I, § 6). This Court has emphasized that '"[t]he right of every person accused of crime to have a fair and impartial law trial before an unbiased court and an unprejudiced jury is a fundamental principle of criminal jurisprudence' " (People v De Jesus, 42 NY2d 519, 523 [1977], quoting People v McLaughlin, 150 NY 365, 375 [1896])...

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