During defendant's testimony at this nonjury trial, defendant discussed his family background and his actual surname, which prompted the court to realize that it was slightly acquainted with defendant's mother and sister. The judge then placed on the record, in detail, the extent of his prior contacts with these family members, who were politically active, and whom the judge had met when he first was elected to a judicial office. The judge stated that he had not seen these...
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