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title: O.C.G.A. § 24-6-605. Judge as witness.
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# O.C.G.A. § 24-6-605. Judge as witness.

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.

## 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.