At what point does the court's refusal to allow defense counsel to take a somewhat meandering approach to the presentation of evidence at trial for the purposes of redirecting the prosecution?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Wheeler, B275786 (Cal. App. 2017):

At worst, the court's terse comments indicate a mild frustration with defense counsel's failure to focus his questions on the subject of the prosecution's redirect examination and a valid desire to move the trial forward as expeditiously as possible. The trial court's refusal to allow defense counsel to take a somewhat meandering approach to the presentation of evidence does not indicate bias. (See People v. Brown (1993) 6 Cal.4th 322, 337 [judge's "understandable frustration with counsel's conduct did not reasonably suggest he would be biased against counsel or defendant"]; Hernandez v. Superior Court (2003) 112 Cal.App.4th 285, 303 [trial court's orders "do not suggest bias . . . only frustration and a desire to manage a complex case"].)

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