Some of the questions posed to defendant by the trial court unnecessarily highlighted the patent absurdity of defendant's entire testimony. However because of the nature of that testimony and the overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt, the trial court's questioning cannot reasonably be viewed as preventing the jury from arriving at an impartial verdict on the merits (see, People v Moulton,
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