T.C.F. v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting challenge to such instructions as “ ‘totally without merit’ ”
• “[a court’s] comments or questions for the purpose of clarifying . . . testimony are permissible and often necessary”
• \[a court's] comments or questions for the purpose of clarifying ... testimony are permissible and often necessary\
• “[a court’s] comments or questions for the purpose of clarifying . . . testimony are permissible and often necessary”
• no abuse of discretion where court’s questions “can reasonably be viewed as intended to clear up a possible misunderstanding by the jury”
• the court was convinced that the evidence of the guilt was overwhelming where the defendant was recognized during the course of the robbery by victims who knew him

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).