Canaday v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “The judge’s major function is to determine which of two espoused view-points — the [defense] attorney’s or the prosecutor’s — is applicable to the facts of the case before him. An unbiased and reasonably intelligent person should be able to choose fairly between such espoused viewpoints. Fairness in this context is not critically dependent upon the judge being a member of the bar; a judge must have wisdom and common sense which are at least as dependable as an education in guaranteeing the defendant a fair trial. As with district court judges, as a last resort the appellate process is able to correct the mistakes of law of a municipal court judge.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Davis