How have courts treated allegations of bias against a trial judge?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Morelli, In re, 11 Cal.App.3d 819, 91 Cal.Rptr. 72 (Cal. App. 1970):

People v. Nolan, 126 Cal.App. 623, 629--630, 14 P.2d 880, 883: (The allegations were that trial judge had denied a continuance of a week, giving only a day and one-half; that he had said 'that he was opposed to having cases of this sort continued; that they ought to be tried right away;' that his manner toward defendant was arbitrary, his language and expression indicative of extreme dislike. Held to be generalities dependent on inference from conduct; only item indicating bias was statement of being opposed to cases of that nature, and this only slight evidence; striking justified.)

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