can i request a new judge before the preliminary hearing?

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can i request a new judge before the preliminary hearing?

husband and i arrested, 1 charge is keeping a home where drugs are sold, when public defender was trying to get a bail reduction for my husband, his SSI is our only income and i can’t cash his check myself, and we’ve gotten a 60 day notice to move, the judge said and I quote ” I don’t care if they lose their house, they were selling drugs out of it, she has already convicted us in her mind, and this was only the arraignment

Asked on June 4, 2009 under Criminal Law, California

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B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 14 years ago | Contributor

It certainly sounds like something to consider.  But the request would have to be made, first, to that judge herself.  It isn't anything that any lawyer does lightly, and it isn't often granted.


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