Is there a duty of the court to protect the credibility of a witness from cross-examination questions that "harass, annoy or humiliate the witness's credibility"?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bates, D056192 (Cal. App. 2011):
impeach the witness's credibility." (Ibid.) Indeed, "[t]here is a duty [of the court] to protect [a witness] from questions which go beyond the [bounds] of proper cross-examination merely to harass, annoy or humiliate [her]." (Alford v. U.S. (1931) 282 U.S. 687, 694.)
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