Court Opinion

ID: 9700096
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 21:10:07.856697+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:07:40.196011
License: Public Domain

POMEROY, Justice
(dissenting).
In my view, the purpose and intent of the trial judge to assist the jury in its consideration of the somewhat complicated legal issues involved in this case is deserving more of commendation than condemnation. I cannot agree, however, that the means utilized was proper without the consent of the parties or that the defendant may not have been prejudiced. The Court’s opinion recognizes that “the inherent dangers [of the device here employed] outweigh the possible benefits to be derived therefrom.” Opinion of the Court, ante at 414. That being so, I see no alternative to awarding a new trial, and I therefore dissent from the order of affirmance.