Court Opinion

ID: 7816728
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-07 17:39:06.838766+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:30:37.257119
License: Public Domain

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice (dissenting). In reversing the judgment in this case the Majority is holding that the Trial Judge commented on the evidence and thereby committed fatal error. There is no need to prolong this dissent by discussing the entire record. I have carefully read the record, and I do not attach such a meaning to the remarks made by the Trial Judge. I am familiar with the Constitutional provision that Judges are not to express opinions to the jury concerning the facts; and I am sure that the Trial Judge was also familiar with the Constitution. It is one thing to explain a ruling, and quite another thing to comment on the weight of the evidence. I consider the remarks that the Conrt made as being explanatory and, therefore, I would affirm the judgment.