Rule 615. Excluding Witnesses

Category: Rules of Evidence Section: ARTICLE VI. WITNESSES

(a) At a party’s request, the court must order witnesses excluded so that they cannot hear other witnesses’ testimony. Or the court may do so on its own. But this rule does not authorize excluding:

(1) a party who is a natural person;

(2) an officer or employee of a party that is not a natural person, after being designated as the party’s representative by its attorney;

(3) a person whose presence a party shows to be essential to presenting the party’s claim or defense; or

(4) a person authorized by statute to be present.

(b) A sequestration order issued under subsection (a) of this rule prohibits a sequestered witness:

(1) from being present in the courtroom until after the witness has testified and is not subject to recall by any party; and

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