California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Smith, C065163 (Cal. App. 2012):
The trial court "has discretion to ask questions submitted by jurors or to pass those questions on and leave to the discretion of counsel whether to ask the questions." (Cummings, supra, 4 Cal.4th at p. 1305, italics added; see also People v. Majors (1998) 18 Cal.4th 385, 407.)
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