Commonwealth v. Corbin

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• any objection to suppression judge serving also as trial judge was waived, or, in light of the facts of that case, was harmless error
• any objection to suppression judge serving also as trial judge was waived, or, in light of the facts of that case, was harmless error
• it is not 14 improper for the suppression judge to preside in a non-jury trial
• a defendant suffers no prejudice when the same judge presides during the suppression hearing and the trial if the confession was deemed voluntary because the confession was admissible at trial to prove guilt
• a defendant suffers no prejudice when the same judge presides during the suppression hearing and the trial if the confession was deemed voluntary because the confession was admissible at trial to prove guilt
• defendant who in response to judge's inquiries in connection with waiver of jury, expressly agreed that trial judge could hear his motion to suppress evidence, waived objection to same judge's hearing motion and presiding at trial on merits

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