{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8c-1-rule-605","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8C-1, Rule 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. (1983, c. 701, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 8C. Evidence Code.","Article 6. Witnesses."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_8C/GS_8C-1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:52Z","sha256":"7660050bbff8e6f1080a45102506f378d91ca74f085776f1de2d83e792bc211a","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8c-1-rule-604","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8c-1-rule-606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}