A trial judge who has presided over the separate jury trial of a co-offender involving the same corporate victim does not, without more, give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias, given the limited role of the judge in a jury trial and the expectation that professional judges will put aside prior knowledge. When sentencing under both Commonwealth and State regimes for interconnecting offences, the sentencing judge may completely distinguish the two sets of offences, apply each regime to its respective offences, and then apply the principle of totality to the overall result.
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