AZlawyer
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Can the defense (down the road) use the fact that Judge Perry is up for re-election as Chief Judge as a reason to attempt to prove bias and/or argue the case schedule if it does get moved up for a date sooner than May?
I'm remembering some posturing around the Grand Jury indictment about SA Jeff Ashton's election and bias to please the public ...
Not unless JP actually does or says something to show bias. BTW, if the defense argues bias as to a second judge, this time they will be required to actually prove the facts alleged. In Florida, you only get one "free pass" to make unproved allegations of bias against a judge.