{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8c-1-rule-614","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8C-1, Rule 614","heading":"Calling and interrogation of witnesses by court.","body":"(a)\tCalling by court. - The court may, on its own motion or at the suggestion of a party, call witnesses, and all parties are entitled to cross-examine witnesses thus called.\n(b)\tInterrogation by court. - The court may interrogate witnesses, whether called by itself or by a party.\n(c)\tObjections. - No objections are necessary with respect to the calling of a witness by the court or to questions propounded to a witness by the court but it shall be deemed that proper objection has been made and overruled. (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":"7182754e0f233f77ee5348a7bcd933d9b54aa52525c79965a50f84fe8e878a11","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8c-1-rule-613","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-8c-1-rule-615"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}