{"data":{"id":"us-mt/m.-r.-evid.-605","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"M. R. Evid. 605","heading":"Competency of judge as witness.","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 26. EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 10. MONTANA RULES OF EVIDENCE","Article VI. Witnesses"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0260/chapter_0100/part_0060/section_0050/0260-0100-0060-0050.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:22Z","sha256":"140495adbd63b9d17fa0741f7a14ee25732f05449f27021592b2e67ee7159956","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/m.-r.-evid.-604","next":"us-mt/m.-r.-evid.-606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}