Please answer all questions in hypothetical 8-9

Hypothetical #8 Plaintiff (P) and defendant (D) were in an automobile accident on July 1, 2018 at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Main Street. Plaintiff claims the defendant had a stop sign controlling his direction of travel and he went through the stop sign causing the accident. The defendant claims he did not have a stop sign and just proceeded legally through the intersection. At trial, the attorney for P requests the Court take judicial notice of the fact that D had a stop sign for his direction of travel. The judge is familiar with the area from living close by for many years and knows there is a stop sign at the corner for the defendant. Because of this knowledge, the judge take judicial notice of the fact that a stop sign was at the intersection for the defendant. Was the judge's ruling correct or incorrect? Explain fully why or why not. Hypothetical #9 H (husband) is on trial for armed robbery. The trial begins on June 15, 2015. The prosecution wishes to call W (wife) to testify on this day regarding a conversation that took place between these two people on January 3, 2013. H and W got married on July 24, 2014 and are still married on June 15, 2015. Defense counsel objects to this witness and states that the communication between H and W was a privileged communication. The prosecutor states that the communication is not privileged and she should be compelled to testify. How should the judge rule