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· 1/30/1973

People v. Cofield

Citations

  • 293 N.E.2d 692
  • 9 Ill. App. 3d 1048
  • 1973 Ill. App. LEXIS 2886

How courts have described this case

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  • finding error at bench trial where court assumed role of judge and prosecutor
  • trial court has power to “question witnesses in order to elicit truth or bring enlightenment on material issues which seem obscure”

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Judges: Stamos

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