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KENTUCKY RULES OF EVIDENCE
.Rule 611Mode and order of interrogation and presentation
Download pdf(1) Make the interrogation and presentation effective for the ascertainment of the truth; (2) Avoid needless consumption of time; and
(3) Protect witnesses from harassment or undue embarrassment. (b) Scope of cross-examination. A witness may be cross-examined on any matter relevant to any issue in the case, including credibility. In the interests of justice, the
trial court may limit cross-examination with respect to matters not testified to on
direct examination. (c) Leading questions. Leading questions should not be used on the direct examination of a witness except as may be necessary to develop the witness' testimony.
Ordinarily leading questions should be permitted on cross-examination, but only
upon the subject matter of the direct examination. When a party calls a hostile
witness, an adverse party, or a witness identified with an adverse party,
interrogation may be by leading questions. Effective: July 1, 1992
History: Enacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 44; renumbered (7/1/92) pursuant to 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 34.
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