Key legal question
Whether the state-law constitutional complaint against the interim recusal decision was admissible and, if so, whether the judges were disqualified for prior involvement
Extracted holding
The complaint was admissible as to the recusal ruling, but the recusal request was unfounded because prior participation in the earlier case did not, by itself, create an appearance of bias in the revision proceeding.
Extracted reasoning
A judge is not generally biased merely because he participated in the prior judgment later sought to be reopened. The decisive question is whether the specific revision issue still appears open despite prior involvement; the applicant failed to show why a different rule should apply for criminal or first-instance proceedings. The challenged procedural steps did not amount to repeated or serious errors that would indicate bias.