VENT v. STATE

No. A-10584.

288 P.3d 752 (2012)

Eugene VENT, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

November 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colleen A. Libbey , Libbey Law Offices, LLC, for the Appellant.

W.H. Hawley , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and John J. Burns , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and BOLGER, Judges.


OPINION

BOLGER, Judge.

The question presented in this appeal is whether we should vacate the superior court's decision denying an application for post-conviction relief because the judge conducted independent research into the facts and then relied on those facts to reject the claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. We hold that the trial judge's conduct created an appearance of partiality that warrants his disqualification from this case, and...

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