{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"772","citation":"Evid. Code, § 772","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 6. WITNESSES [700. - 795.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-6"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Method and Scope of Examination [760. - 778.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-6/chapter-5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Examination of Witnesses [765. - 778.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-6/chapter-5/article-2"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(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.</p><p>(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.</p><p>(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.</p><p>(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.</p>","text":"(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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/examination-of-witnesses-772","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}