Question: What are the responsibilities of a judge in trial court?
Answer: A judge in a trial court has many responsibilities, including:
Applying the law: Judges apply the law to the facts of a case to reach a decision.
Instructing the jury: Judges provide the jury with the applicable law through jury instructions.
Determining admissibility of evidence: Judges determine if a witness' testimony is admissible or not based on the rules of evidence.
Making decisions: Judges decide cases by hypothesis or a series of tentative hypotheses increasing in certainty. (NAACP, 2024).
