State v. Young

GEER, Judge.

Defendant Monica Benita Young appeals from her conviction of misdemeanor breaking and entering. On appeal, defendant primarily argues that the trial court’s questioning of a witness constituted an impermissible expression of judicial opinion and warrants a new trial. Although we hold that defendant failed to preserve this issue for appellate review, we also conclude that defendant’s assertion that the questioning undermined her “claim of right” defense is unpersuasive given the evidence of the summary ejectment judgment specifically finding defendant had no claim of right to the…