Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

No. The judge is not a trier of fact.

The short answer is no, a judge is not required to avoid going about his daily life. However, most judges attempt to avoid watching media coverage of cases they handle to avoid the appearance of impropriety.

As for your specific reference, I can tell you that it would be impossible for Judge Strickland to avoid being exposed to coverage of the Casey Anthony case. More importantly though, I can tell you from person experience that Judge Strickland is by far one of the most fair and even tempered judges on the bench. Both Ms. Anthony and the State are lucky that he is the judge of record.

No he does not. I agree with Hornsby.