Michigan Court of Appeals· 6/11/1996

People v. Davis

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549 N.W.2d 1
216 Mich. App. 47

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holding that the trial judge’s questions to the witnesses did not create judicial bias and noting that the trial judge instructed the jury that his questions to the witnesses were not evidence
explaining that a judge was permitted to question the defendant about matters that were relevant to his theory of self- defense
offense established by evidence that defendant threatened to kill the victim and tried to shoot him but the gun did not fire
the trial court may question a witness “if the facts become confused and neither side is able to resolve the confusion . . . .”
“As long as the questions would be appropriate if asked by either party and, further, do not give the appearance of partiality, we believe that a trial court is free to ask questions of witnesses that assist in the search for truth.”

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Judges: Markman, Murphy, Hoekstra

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