State v. Segarra

HEDRICK, Judge.

By his first assignment of error, defendant contends the court erred (1) in asking questions of the State’s witnesses on the voir dire hearing to such an extent that it assumed the role of the prosecution and (2) in allowing the witness Bellows to identify the defendant at trial as one of his assailants.

While the trial judge did ask questions of the two State’s witnesses who testified at the voir dire hearing regarding Bellows’ identification of the defendant, there is nothing in the record to support the defendant’s contention that the court assumed the role of the prosecution…