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Article: Md. Supreme Court rules Circuit judge unfairly helped prosecution
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- The Daily Record (Baltimore)
- Article date:
- May 22, 2007
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A Clay County, W.Va., man will get a new trial on charges he
manufactured methamphetamine after the state Supreme Court said the
judge in his first trial unfairly helped the prosecution by
questioning witnesses and making comments. In a unanimous opinion,
justices found that Circuit Judge Richard Facemire abandoned his role
of neutrality and seriously affected the fairness of the proceedings
against ...