We do not find that it was an abuse of discretion warranting vacatur of the fact-finding determination for the same Judge to have presided over both fact-finding hearings. Even if the court assumed a burden it might have avoided, there is no showing here that the court could not and did not give appellant a fair trial. There is no constitutional infirmity in the fact that the trier of the fact knows of the accused's prior record. (Spencer v State of Texas,
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