What is the test for asking a jury whether a trial judge is prejudiced by asking a witness not to give evidence at trial?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Stephens, 200 Misc. 701 (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 1951):
The courts have been prompt to condemn any action of a trial judge calculated to excite prejudice in the minds of the jury against any party or witness. (People v. Hill, 37 App. Div. 327.)
In Laycock v. People (66 Col. 441) the Trial Justice asked the defendant, "Do you mean to tell these jurors your wife and your stepdaughter are trying to frame up a case on you?"
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