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Can a judge or prosecutor be called as witness?

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What is the name of your state? IN
Has it ever happened where a judge or prosecutor be called as a witness at a trial unrelated to them?:confused:
 


garrula lingua

Senior Member
Yes. If either witnesses a crime or accident, they are a precipient witness and can/will be subpoenaed to appear in court.

Per Judicial Canons (Rules) it is an ethical violation for a Judge to appear in a civil case, as a character witness, without being subpoenaed.
 

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