State v. O'BRIEN

To the extent the majority concludes that the trial court’s refusal to provide its written instructions to the jury did not constitute plain error and, hence, “does not warrant our intervention!,]” ante at 540, 984 A.2d at 892, I concur. However, to the extent the majority is of the view that the questioning of defen*542dant and other witnesses by the trial judge exceeded the limits we recently reiterated in State v. Taffaro, 195 N.J. 442, 950 A.2d 860 (2008), I must respectfully dissent. I do so substantially for the reasons cogently expressed by the Appellate Division in affirming defendant’s…