Questão jurídica principal
Whether the extraordinary investigating judge had to recuse himself because he was also acting as defense counsel in another pending criminal case involving the appellant as investigating judge.
Decisão extraída
No objective appearance of bias arose from that unrelated dual role; the cases were not connected and no concrete disadvantage was shown.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that a lawyer appointed as extraordinary investigating judge in a single case is not automatically biased merely because he represents a party in another, unrelated matter. The appellant failed to show any nexus between the two proceedings or any reason the judge would investigate against him.