In re T.C.’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “it would have been difficult to object to the judge’s questioning when to do so would have risked irritating the person who was not only the trier of fact but also the individual who would be called upon to decide whether T.C., if found involved, would lose his freedom”). But see In re D.M., 993 A.2d 535, 540 (D.C.2010) (observing that “plain error review would seem appropriate” where party had the opportunity”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Plummer v. United States