{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-772","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 772","heading":"","body":"(a) The examination of a witness shall proceed in the following phases: direct examination, cross-examination, redirect examination, recross-examination, and continuing thereafter by redirect and recross-examination.\n(b) Unless for good cause the court otherwise directs, each phase of the examination of a witness must be concluded before the succeeding phase begins.\n(c) Subject to subdivision (d), a party may, in the discretion of the court, interrupt his cross-examination, redirect examination, or recross-examination of a witness, in order to examine the witness upon a matter not within the scope of a previous examination of the witness.\n(d) If the witness is the defendant in a criminal action, the witness may not, without his consent, be examined under direct examination by another party.","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":"745517173986b860ed4517ccb80f4f960705669bafdd3f4efa35d3aeff204071","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-771","next":"us-ca/evid-773"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}