Does the trial court have a right to confer privately with the witness during the trial?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ortega, 578 N.Y.S.2d 123, 585 N.E.2d 372, 78 N.Y.2d 1101 (N.Y. 1991):
We agree with defendant that the inquiry was a material part of the trial. Thus, the trial court's actions in conferring privately with the witness violated defendant's rights (People v. Turaine, 78 N.Y.2d 871, 872, 573 N.Y.S.2d 64, 577 N.E.2d 55; People v. Darby, 75 N.Y.2d 449, 453, 554 N.Y.S.2d 426, 553 N.E.2d 974).
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