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judge constitutes an egregious violation in Georgia

5 Georgia opinions name it 1 courts 2011–2021 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Georgia courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (2)

CaseFollowedCited
Lemming v. Stategreen
gactapp · 2008 · cited in 4 Georgia opinions naming this issue, 2011–2013
2 sentences

2013To disqualify a judge, a bias “must be of such a nature and intensity to prevent the complaining party from obtaining a trial uninfluenced by the court’s prejudgment.” Id. at 467; see also Hargrove v. State, 299 Ga. App. 27, 31-32 (2) ( 681 SE2d 707 ) (2009) (atrial court’s failure to recuse sua sponte “ ‘will warrant reversal only where the conduct or remark of the judge constitutes an egregious violation of a specific ethical standard, and it must support the inescapable conclusion that a reasonable person would consider the judge to harbor a bias that affects his ability to be impartial’ ”)

2013To disqualify a judge, a bias “must be of such a nature and intensity to prevent the complaining party from obtaining a trial uninfluenced by the court’s prejudgment.” Id. at 467; see also Hargrove v. State, 299 Ga. App. 27, 31-32 (2) ( 681 SE2d 707 ) (2009) (atrial court’s failure to recuse sua sponte “ ‘will warrant reversal only where the conduct or remark of the judge constitutes an egregious violation of a specific ethical standard, and it must support the inescapable conclusion that a reasonable person would consider the judge to harbor a bias that affects his ability to be impartial’ ”)

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Hargrove v. Stategreen
gactapp · 2009 · cited in 3 Georgia opinions naming this issue, 2013–2021
2 sentences

2021See Hargrove v. State, 299 Ga. App. 27, 31-32 (2) ( 681 SE2d 707 ) (2009) (“A trial judge’s failure to sua sponte recuse himself will warrant reversal only where the conduct or remark of the judge constitutes an egregious violation of a specific ethical standard, and it must support the inescapable conclusion that a reasonable person would consider the judge to harbor a bias that affects his ability to be impartial.”) (citation and punctuation omitted).

2021See Hargrove v. State, 299 Ga. App. 27, 31-32 (2) ( 681 SE2d 707 ) (2009) (“A trial judge’s failure to sua sponte recuse himself will warrant reversal only where the conduct or remark of the judge constitutes an egregious violation of a specific ethical standard, and it must support the inescapable conclusion that a reasonable person would consider the judge to harbor a bias that affects his ability to be impartial.”) (citation and punctuation omitted).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Georgia. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Statutes the citing opinions construe

GA § 15-1-8 (4)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

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