How far can a judicial officer participate in a trial to correct the inadequacies of one of the trial lawyers?

One of the problems and frustrations of an experienced trial lawyer, if they are appointed or elected to a judicial position, is presiding over trials where one or both of the lawyers are not doing their job due to inexperience or lack of knowledge. As has often been said, in these articles and elsewhere, many of the younger lawyers do not get the same opportunity to go to court regularly and to try cases regularly, particularly jury trials, as lawyers had 30 or 40 years ago. Even district attorneys and public defenders do not have the same opportunities since most of the cases work out in deals or pleas, and only a few go to trial.

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