United States v. George Gordon Liddy, A/K/A George F. Leonard

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• holding that the federal trial judge has “inherent authority” to call or recall and question witnesses when he or she “believes the additional testimony will be helpful to the jurors in ascertaining the truth and discharging their fact-finding function[ ]”
• general questions addressed to the entire array with individual questions put to those with opinions not an abuse of discretion in the trial of a defendant in the Watergate burglary case

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