What is the effect of a district court's intervention in the case of a prosecution witness who was frightened at trial?
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Allsup, 566 F.2d 68 (9th Cir. 1977):
The district court's intervention in this situation rehabilitated a prosecution witness whose credibility had been seriously undermined by defense counsel. (See United States v. Nazzaro (2d Cir. 1973) 472 F.2d 302, 307.) The district court knew from the testimony that had been taken out of the presence of the jury that the witness was going to state that she was "scared" at the time of the trial. The implication was strong that Allsup had frightened the witness, not simply that she was suffering from a common case of nervousness from
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