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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 11 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from v. Jennings.

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1 v. Jennings Anchor
coloctapp · 2021
green “basic to our system of justice is the principle that a judge must be free of all taint of bias and partiality.” 5
2 People v. Drake
colo · 1988
green “only when a judge was actually biased will we question the reliability of the proceeding's result.” 3
3 People v. Dobler
coloctapp · 2015
green “while the judge's statements that he would be 'haunted' by his decision to grant probation showed the judge was affected by his prior decision to be lenient with defendant, it is not enough to establish that the judge was unable to sentence defendant fairly.” 3

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