The defendant's contention that the Judge of the County Court who presided over the defendant's plea of guilty and sentencing should have recused himself is without merit. "Where, as here, no basis for disqualification pursuant to Judiciary Law § 14 was presented, it was up to the conscience and discretion of the justice to decide whether or not to recuse himself" (People v...
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