Court of Appeals for the First Circuit May 3, 1990, 89-1406, 89-1427 (United States v. Paul Frederic Chantal, III)

JOHN R. BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case comes to us from the refusal of a district court judge to disqualify himself on the motion of a criminal defendant whom the judge had previously sentenced in connection with a similar crime. The trial judge held that because his knowledge of the defendant was all gained in judicial proceedings, he was not required to recuse himself under 28 U.S.C.