Legal Opinion

Landt v. State

Court of Appeals of Alaska

Decided March 19, 2004No. A-8154PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

STEWART, Judge.

At the beginning of Alya S. Landt's trial, Superior Court Judge Fred Torrisi informed the jury that each member could propose questions for the witnesses. During the trial, Judge Torrisi put several of the jurors' proposed questions to various witnesses after he and the parties had reviewed those questions. Landt now appeals, arguing that the superior court erred by allowing the members of the jury to propose questions. We conclude that Judge Torrisi did not abuse his discretion. In the context of the case, we also conclude that even if Judge Torrisi erred, the error was…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Gurliacci v. MayerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
  2. Callahan v. Cardinal Glennon HospitalSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
  3. Rudolph v. Iowa Methodist Medical CenterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
  4. Morrison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  5. United States v. Dan CallahanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  2. Ex Parte MaloneSupreme Court of Alabama · 2008
  3. Handy v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2011
  4. Barr v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2014
  5. Ex Parte MaloneSupreme Court of Alabama · 2008

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