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2022 Georgia Code
Title 24 - Evidence
Chapter 6 - Witnesses
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 24-6-605. Judge as Witness

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 24-6-605 (2022)
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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.

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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