Bradley v. State

Though the Barrientez concept of “judicial notice” is not barred by statute, neither is it authorized by one. It is purely a judicially conceived notion transformed into fiat by written opinion. Without explica*663tion of rationale,1 the Court justified the concept of a trial court taking “judicial notice” of evidence introduced in a prior proceeding to support revocation of probation on a policy of convenience, viz:

“Certainly,2 Judge Walker could take judicial notice of the evidence introduced in that prior proceeding. Are we to pretend that this judge was not present at the murder trial, and…