“While Samudio did not express any concerns about Judge Torgerson’s impartiality when his probation was revoked in the present case—perhaps having expected that his former attorney would view him more sympathetically than would another judge—he does so now, arguing that the judge should have recused himself based on this past representation,” Judge David N. Mortensen said in his written opinion for the court. “Samudio thus appeals.”

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