2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 8C - Evidence Code.
Rule 614. Calling and interrogation of witnesses by court.
Rule 614. Calling and interrogation of witnesses by court.
(a) Calling by court. The court may, on its own motion or at the suggestion of a party, call witnesses, and all parties are entitled to cross‑examine witnesses thus called.
(b) Interrogation by court. The court may interrogate witnesses, whether called by itself or by a party.
(c) Objections. No objections are necessary with respect to the calling of a witness by the court or to questions propounded to a witness by the court but it shall be deemed that proper objection has been made and overruled. (1983, c. 701, s. 1.)
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