Commonwealth v. Pachipko

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that it is \clearly inappropriate\ for a trial judge to raise an issue on behalf of a party and act as an advocate for that party
• noting that it is “clearly inappropriate” for a trial judge to raise an issue on behalf of a party and act as an advocate for that party
• disapproving of trial court's conduct in granting defendant's petition for habeas corpus based on an issue not raised by either party
• disapproving of trial court’s conduct in granting defendant’s petition for habeas corpus based on an issue not raised by either party
• nonsummary count erroneously dismissed in preliminary proceedings barred from subsequent prosecution by compulsory joinder statute
• “It is clearly inappropriate for a trial court to raise an issue on behalf of a party, thereby acting as an advocate.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).