Statute · California Evidence Code
Cal. Evid. Code § 772 — Examination of Witnesses
Cal. Evid. Code § 772
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Evidence Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) The examination of a witness shall proceed in the following phases: direct examination, cross-examination, redirect examination, recross-examination, and continuing thereafter by redirect and recross-examination.
Citator
Cal. Evid. Code § 772 — Examination of Witnesses is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(a) The examination of a witness shall proceed in the following phases: direct examination, cross-examination, redirect examination, recross-examination, and continuing thereafter by redirect and recross-examination.
(b) Unless for good cause the court otherwise directs, each phase of the examination of a witness must be concluded before the succeeding phase begins.
(c) Subject to subdivision (d), a party may, in the discretion of the court, interrupt his cross-examination, redirect examination, or recross-examination of a witness, in order to examine the witness upon a matter not within the scope of a previous examination of the witness.
(d) If the witness is the defendant in a criminal action, the witness may not, without his consent, be examined under direct examination by another party.