McBurnette v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• declaring that “[t]rial judges have considerable discretion in determining what evidence is relevant and material”
• declaring that \[t]rial judges have considerable discretion in determining what evidence is relevant and material\
• noting that a trial judge must balance the probative value of proposed evidence against the potential for undue prejudice, “keeping in mind the possibility of embarrassment to or harassment of the witness and the possibility of undue delay or confusion of the issues”
• “The general rule is that the extent to which a witness may be cross-examined for the purpose of showing bias rests with the sound discretion of the trial judge”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).