605

Rule 605. Competency of

Judge as WitnessThe 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 Comment - 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).

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes