Q: Is a judge in possesion of evidence in a case he is presiding over legally bound to present it in court

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A: The short answer is No.

Everyday, during the course of trials and during the course of motion practice, parties seek to introduce materials that they want to use in court proceedings and everyday, judges are required to make rulings as to the "admissibility" of that material.

If a judge rules that material sought to be used is improper, not authenticated properly, constitutes impermissible hearsay, or anyone of a million other reasons why that information or material should not be considered by the court or by jurors, that party has a right to take an appeal of that decision to the appellate court ( at the appropriate time), claiming that the ruling by the trial court on the admissibility of that information was improper and constitutes reversible error, requiring the trial court to redo the matter and consider the information presented as part of the underlying trial.