California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 8 — Of the Trial and Judgment in Civil Actions, Chapter 4 — Trial by Jury, Article 2 — Conduct of the Trial, Section 614.5
Except for good cause shown, the judge in his or her discretion need not be present in the court while testimony previously received in evidence is read to the jury.
Notes
Allows a judge, in the judge’s discretion, to be absent from the courtroom while testimony already received into evidence is read back to the jury. That discretion is limited by a showing of good cause, in which case the general permission for the judge’s absence does not apply.
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