Tag: Judge Sheila Rappaport
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Denver judge who once prosecuted defendant was not biased, appeals court rules
A man serving 414 years in prison has not shown his lawyer was ineffective for failing to ask the trial judge — who previously prosecuted the defendant — to recuse herself, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. Relatedly, a three-member panel for the Court of Appeals agreed the judge was not actually biased against Scott Shorts, despite her…