Rogers v. First National Bank of Peoria

holding that movant waived any grounds for making a recusal motion where movant knew the facts at a preliminary hearing and proceeded to trial “without objection and only raised the bias issue after Judge Lip-kin verbally announced his ruling unfavorable to Rogers.” | holding that movant waived any grounds for making a recusal motion where movant knew the facts at a preliminary hearing and proceeded to trial “without objection and only raised the bias issue after Judge Lipkin verbally announced his ruling unfavorable to Rogers.” | denying dismissal of petition on exhaustion of state remedies grounds where petitioner’s own action of escaping custody had resulted in the delay in timely seeking post-conviction relief | allegations of bias based on comments made by the judge in the preliminary proceeding raised subsequent to the entry of an adverse judgment are late and deemed waived | equating “more likely than not” as a .51 probability