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Apr 20, 1998criminal lawjudicial impartialityfair trialclarificatory questionsmurdercredibility of witnesses
Fair Trial or Biased Judge: When a Trial Judge's Questions Are Proper in Philippine Courts
The Supreme Court clarifies when a judge's clarificatory questions during trial are proper and do not prove judicial bias.