There is little question by anyone that Judge Perry was a supporter of the State. That he restricted the ability of Baez to defend his client and provided a different attitude towards the Defense vs State.
Having said all of this the only way for Baez to work around such terrible Judicial bais was to ask questions he knew would be sustained but served
the answers to the Jury and to the witness who knew what the response should be to avoid a challenge. I am not saying Baez is an F.Lee Bailey but if that was his purpose I congrat him on using that as a tactic in order to try to neutralize the bais court. Remember there are at least 3-4 reasons for an attorney to object to a question, (a) it is a true objection, (b) the attorney wants the witness to take his time and really think the answer out, (c) to destroy the rhythm between the attorney and witness, (d) to set up a confrontation with the examining attorney, etc. The state used these as an extremely fine practice and given the bais of the court they could easily get away with (c) and (d). These were taken away from Baez by the court.
Before anyone wants to "hang"' Baez they should really understand the constraints he was under and how he had to be pretty creative to get around the Judge and State. In particular the Judge.
