A judge's prior involvement as a witness in related proceedings, receipt of confidential prejudicial material in interlocutory applications, and role in granting investigative warrants do not necessarily give rise to apprehended bias, particularly where the judge applied the presumption of innocence, the party was subsequently acquitted, and the current proceedings raise fundamentally different issues.
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