Is there any case law where a judge placed a witness on the stand in the context that the evidence strongly favors the prosecution's case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Handcock, 145 Cal.App.3d Supp. 25, 193 Cal.Rptr. 397 (Cal. Super. 1983):
The fact remains that at the time the judge placed his witness on the stand, he was fully aware that the evidence strongly favored the prosecution's case. The situation in the present case is wholly different from that in People v. Donovan (1969) 272 Cal.App.2d 413 at pages 421-422, 77 Cal.Rptr. 285, where the trial court had "no idea how the witness will testify."
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