Minn. R. Evid. 605

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Below is Rule 605 of the Minnesota Rules of Evidence, cited as Minn. R. Evid. 605. Rule 605 deals with Competency of Judge as Witness and is indexed under Article 6. Witnesses.

The judge presiding at the trial may not testify in that trial as a witness. No objection need be made in order to preserve the point.

Committee Comments--1977

The rule as provided states the general rule in Minnesota as well as the approach generally followed in the United States. State v. Sandquist, 146 Minn. 322, 178 N.W. 883 (1920). See also Annot., 157 A.L.R. 315 (1945).