BROCK, Chief Judge.
Defendant argues that the trial judge, in his instructions to the jury, assumed certain crucial facts which were not in evidence and thereby expressed an opinion upon the evidence.
The trial judge is not required to recapitulate the testimony of a witness in the exact words used by the witness. It is sufficient for the trial judge to fairly summarize the evidence for the purpose of explaining the law applicable thereto. The two portions...
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