Examination of Witnesses
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case 33 Cal. 4th 536 - People v. Griffin (2004)
Most recently applied in 242 Cal. App. 4th 161 - People v. Lee (November 2015)
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), the court may exclude from the courtroom any witness not at the time under examination so that such witness cannot hear the testimony of other witnesses.
(b) A party to the action cannot be excluded under this section.
(c) If a person other than a natural person is a party to the action, an officer or employee designated by its attorney is entitled to be present.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.