Only in this “judge’s” court. Message: if the prosecutor and judge will stoop to any level or grasp at any straw, you the defendant had better not have taken any criminal justice courses because if you have that will be admissible in this court against your presumed innocence.
Witnesses that have no connection to the case are confusing to the jury. You ask yourself “What was the point of that?”
In our trial, we had the sister of the victim testify and all she did was talk about how the sister’s kids loved the victim. That’s nice but irrelevant to the murder.