Topic: either the function or appearance of an advocate · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 13 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Arnold.

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1 People v. Arnold Anchor
ny · 2002
green “either the function or appearance of an advocate” 4
2 People v. Arnold
ny · 2002
green “take on either the function or appearance of an advocate at trial” 3
3 People v. Robinson
nyappdiv · 2017
green “while neither the nature of our adversary system nor the constitutional requirement of a fair trial preclude a trial court from assuming an active role in the truth-seeking process,' the court's discretion in this area is not unfettered” 3
4 People v. Yut Wai Tom
ny · 1981
green “function is to protect the record, not to make it” 3

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