PEOPLE v. FREEMAN PART III
Where trial judge recused himself based on his friendship with a judicial colleague whom defendant was rumored to be stalking, but disqualified judge was reassigned to the case over defense objection after prosecution notified the court that it had found no evidence to substantiate the rumors, such reassignment constituted a fundamental due process violation requiring reversal of the ensuing conviction even though defendant waived right to challenge the reassignment on statutory grounds by failing to seek a writ of mandate at the time.
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