Rule 614. Calling and Interrogation of Witnesses by Court

• Library: South Carolina Evidence Annotated (SCBar) (2020 Ed.)

Rule 614. Calling and Interrogation of Witnesses by Court

(a) Calling by court. In extraordinary circumstances, 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. Before calling a court's witness, the court shall afford the parties a hearing on the matter outside the presence of the jury.

(b) Interrogation by court. When required by the interests of justice only, the court may interrogate witnesses.

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Subsection (a) is the federal rule modified in two respects. First, the phrase...