{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-767","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 767","heading":"","body":"(a) Except under special circumstances where the interests of justice otherwise require:\n(1) A leading question may not be asked of a witness on direct or redirect examination.\n(2) A leading question may be asked of a witness on cross-examination or recross-examination.\n(b) The court may, in the interests of justice permit a leading question to be asked of a child under 10 years of age or a dependent person with a substantial cognitive impairment in a case involving a prosecution under Section 273a, 273d, 288.5, 368, or any of the acts described in Section 11165.1 or 11165.2 of the Penal Code.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 6. WITNESSES [700. - 795.]","CHAPTER 5. Method and Scope of Examination [760. - 778.]","ARTICLE 2. Examination of Witnesses [765. - 778.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"ca1151c4268d82435890e9584f01d6dabca80b1bbf2783a3d01c4ea21b94993d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-766","next":"us-ca/evid-768"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}