CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Court Control of Proceedings

• 6th Amend Confrontation Issues
• Allowing Additional Argument
• Change of Venue
• Comments by DA to Jury
• Continuances
• Directed Verdict
• Discretion to Reopen/Reconsider
• Dismissal/Acquittal Motions
• Duty to Advise Defendant
• Duty to Control Proceedings
• Duty to Independently Weigh Evidence
• Embarrassing or Discrediting Witness
• Exceeding Jurisdiction; Action W/out Notice
• Exclusion of Persons from Court
• Exhibition of Exhibits
• Informality of Proceedings
• Interpreters
• Interrogation of Witnesses
• Joint Trials
• Judicial Bias
• Jurisdiction to Modify
• Jury Instructions
• Limiting Number of Witnesses
• Limiting Questions to Relv. Issues
• Magistrate's Rulings
• Motion to Dismiss or Strike
• Objections
• Order of Proof
• Questions Asked by Court
• Rebuttal Evidence
• Redaction
• Sanctions
• Shackling, Other Security
• Statutory Authority
• Support Person for Prosecuting Witness
• Video/Audio Taping Testimony
• Witnesses Called by Court