Kernrechtsfrage
Whether deciding the second-relief request before the appeal against the first-relief judgment violated the appellant's right to an impartial tribunal or federal law.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The cantonal procedure did not breach federal law or any constitutional right, because the judge deciding the second-relief request was not later called upon to decide the appeal.
Extrahierte Begründung
Federal law did not regulate the cantonal criminal procedure here, and the sequence only created an appearance of anticipation, not actual bias. The judge's later recusal was unnecessary because she was not to rule again on the appeal.