Key legal question
Whether participation of a judge and clerk who had sat in an earlier civil case required recusal or violated the right to an impartial tribunal.
Extracted holding
The objection was not considered because the defendant failed to seek recusal in the cantonal proceedings and thereby forfeited the claim.
Extracted reasoning
The alleged prior involvement was, under cantonal law, only a ground for challenge, not automatic disqualification. The majority of the panel had not participated in the earlier civil case, and the criminal court re-examined the truthfulness issue anew.