24-6-605. Judge as witness.

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The judge presiding at the trial shall not testify in that trial as a witness. No objection need be made in order to preserve this issue.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 24-6-605, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

Cross references

Judge’s competency as a witness, Fed. R. Evid. 605.

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