State v. Larmond

How courts have described this case

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• oppressiveness of trial judge deterred counsel with limited courtroom experience from making an adequate record
• “A fair trial in a fair tribunal is a basic requirement of constitutional due process.”
• hostile attitude toward defense combined with partisan zeal for prosecution telegraphed judge’s disapproval and disbelief of defendant’s witnesses and deprived defendant of fair trial
• claim, however, for judicial misconduct allowed due to the lack of experience of the trial counsel and the extreme deterrent effect of the trial court’s oppressive nature and conduct, including gestures, facial expressions, and purposeful exclamations, during questioning of key witnesses
• “A fair trial in a fair tribunal is a basic requirement of constitutional due process. It follows a presiding judge should not only be fair and impartial, he must conduct himself in the trial to 13 constantly manifest those qualities.” (citation omitted)
• “A fair trial in a fair tribunal is a basic requirement of constitutional due process. It follows a presiding judge should not only be fair and impartial, he must conduct himself in the trial to 13 constantly manifest those qualities.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).