Restriction on Judge as a Witness

New Jersey Rules of Evidence

Rule: 605

Jurisdiction: NJ

Bluebook Citation: N.J.R.E. 605

The judge presiding at the trial may not testify as a witness in that trial. A party need not object to preserve the issue. NOTE : Adopted September 15, 1992 to be effective July 1, 1993; amended September 16, 2019 to be effective July 1, 2020.

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