Cloud v. Needles

How courts have described this case

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• holding that juror questioning is left to the discretion of the trial court, and providing procedural safeguards for such a practice
• “The term ‘substantial rights’ has been interpreted to require that ‘ “the error must have been prejudicial” ’ ” [emphasis added in Morris]
• “The practice of allowing jurors to question witnesses provides for two-way communication through which jurors can more effectively fulfill their fundamental role as factfinders.”
• decisions on whether to allow juror questions should stay with trial judge who can “examine the nature of each question in the overall context of a trial” and determine if it is improper
• \The hallmark of the American trial is the pursuit of truth.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).