OPINION
EUBANK, Judge.
Where a trial judge personally investigates a defendant's background, ex parte, prior to sentencing, must he recuse himself from sentencing? We hold that he must.
This is an appeal by appellant from the judgment of conviction and her presumptive sentence to a term of imprisonment for five years imposed for one count of theft, a class 3 felony, in violation of A.R.S. §§ 13-1801, 13-1802.
Appellant was...
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