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title: O.C.G.A. § 24-6-615. Exclusion of witnesses.
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# O.C.G.A. § 24-6-615. Exclusion of witnesses.

Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 24-6-616, at the request of a party the court shall order witnesses excluded so that each witness cannot hear the testimony of other witnesses, and it may make the order on its own motion. This Code section shall not authorize exclusion of:

(1) A party who is a natural person;

(2) An officer or employee of a party which is not a natural person designated as its representative by its attorney; or

(3) A person whose presence is shown by a party to be essential to the presentation of the party’s cause.

## History

Code 1981, § 24-6-615, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

## Cross References

Excluding witnesses, Fed. R. Evid. 615.

## Law Reviews

For article, “Dancing with the Big Boys: Georgia Adopts (most of) the Federal Rules of Evidence,” see 63 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2011).

For annual survey on evidence, see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 125 (2013).