Billy Joe Tyler v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary

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• noting the testimony of the judge “must be challenged by the petitioner”
• noting the testimony of the judge \must be challenged by the petitioner\
• \The danger ... of subjecting [the judge's] impartiality to doubt and of placing the [party against whom the judge testifies] at an unfair disadvantage... is very obvious.\
• “The danger ... of subjecting [the judge’s] impartiality to doubt and of placing the [party against whom the judge testifies] at an unfair disadvantage ... is very obvious.”
• trial judge in postconviction proceedings cannot properly serve as material witness as to what occurred in trial and also serve as trier of fact
• \This evidence came from the lips of the trial judge in questioning the mother and serves as testimony without the right of cross-examination by the petitioner.\

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