RULE CR 43
                                 TAKING OF TESTIMONY


(a)  Testimony.

     (1)  Generally. In all trials the testimony of witnesses shall be taken
          orally in open court, unless otherwise directed by the court or
          provided by rule or statute.

     (2)  Multiple Examinations. When two or more attorneys are upon the same
          side trying a case, the attorney conducting the examination of a
          witness shall continue until the witness is excused from the stand;
          and all objections and offers of proof made during the examination of
          such witness shall be made or announced by the attorney who is
          conducting the examination or cross examination.


(b) and (c) (Reserved. See ER 103 and 611.)

(d)  Oaths of Witnesses.

     (1)  Administration. The oaths of all witnesses in the superior court

          (A)  shall be administered by the judge;

          (B)  shall be administered to each witness individually; and

          (C)  the witness shall stand while the oath is administered.

     (2)  Applicability. This rule shall not apply to civil ex parte
          proceedings or default divorce cases and in such cases the manner of
          swearing witnesses shall be as each superior court may prescribe.

     (3)  Affirmation in Lieu of Oath. Whenever under these rules an oath is
          required to be taken, a solemn affirmation may be accepted in lieu
          thereof.

(e)  Evidence on Motions.

     (1)  Generally.  When a motion is based on facts not appearing of record the
          court may hear the matter on affidavits presented by the respective parties,
          but the court may direct that the matter be heard wholly or partly on oral
          testimony or depositions.

     (2)  For injunctions, etc.  On application for injunction or motion to dissolve
          an injunction or discharge an attachment, or to appoint or discharge a
          receiver, the notice thereof shall designate the kind of evidence to be
          introduced on the hearing.  If the application is to be heard on affidavits,
          copies thereof must be served by the moving party upon the adverse party at
          least 3 days before the hearing.  Oral testimony shall not be taken on such
          hearing unless permission of the court is first obtained and notice of such
          permission served upon the adverse party at least 3 days before the hearing.
          This rule shall not be construed as pertaining to applications for restraining
          orders or for appointment of temporary receivers.

(f)  Adverse Party as Witness.

     (1)  Party or Managing Agent as Adverse Witness. A party, or anyone who at
          the time of the notice is an officer, director, or other managing
          agent (herein collectively referred to as "managing agent") of a
          public or private corporation, partnership or association which is a
          party to an action or proceeding may be examined at the instance of
          any adverse party. Attendance of such deponent or witness may be
          compelled solely by notice (in lieu of a subpoena) given in the
          manner prescribed in rule 30(b) (1) to opposing counsel of record.
          Notices for the attendance of a party or of a managing agent at the
          trial shall be given not less than 10 days before trial (exclusive of
          the day of service, Saturdays, Sundays, and court holidays). For good
          cause shown in the manner prescribed in rule 26(c), the court may
          make orders for the protection of the party or managing agent to be examined.

     (2)  Effect of Discovery, etc. A party who has served interrogatories to
          be answered by the adverse party or who has taken the deposition of
          an adverse party or of the managing agent of an adverse party shall
          not be precluded for that reason from examining such adverse party or
          managing agent at the trial. Matters admitted by the  adverse party
          or managing agent in interrogatory answers, deposition testimony, or
          trial testimony are not conclusively established and may be rebutted.

     (3)  Refusal To Attend and Testify; Penalties. If a party or a managing
          agent refuses to attend and testify before the officer designated to
          take his deposition or at the trial after notice served as prescribed
          in rule 30(b)(1), the complaint, answer, or reply of the party may be
          stricken and judgment taken against the party, and the contumacious
          party or managing agent may also be proceeded against as in other
          cases of contempt. This rule shall not be construed:

          (A)  to compel any person to answer any question where such answer
               might tend to incriminate him;

          (B)  to prevent a party from using a subpoena to compel the
               attendance of any party or managing agent to give testimony by
               deposition or at the trial; nor

          (C)  to limit the applicability of any other sanctions or penalties
               provided in rule 37 or otherwise for failure to attend and give
               testimony.

(g)  Attorney as Witness. If any attorney offers himself as a witness on behalf
     of his client and gives evidence on the merits, he shall not argue the
     case to the jury, unless by permission of the court.

(h)  Report or Transcript as Evidence. Whenever the testimony of a witness at a
     trial or hearing which was reported is admissible in evidence at a later
     trial, it may be proved by the transcript thereof duly certified by the
     person who reported the testimony.

(i)  (Reserved. See ER 804.)

(j)  Report of Proceedings in Retrial of Nonjury Cases. In the event a cause
     has been remanded by the court for a new trial or the taking of further
     testimony, and such cause shall have been tried without a jury, and the
     testimony in such cause shall have been taken in full and used as the
     report of proceedings upon review, either party upon the retrial of such
     cause or the taking of further testimony therein shall have the right,
     provided the court shall so order after an application on 10 days' notice
     to the opposing party or parties, to submit said report of proceedings as
     the testimony in said cause upon its second hearing, to the same effect as
     if the witnesses called by him in the earlier hearing had been called,
     sworn, and testified in the further hearing; but no party shall be denied
     the right to submit other or further testimony upon such retrial or
     further hearing, and the party having the right of cross examination shall
     have the privilege of subpoenaing any witness whose testimony is contained
     in such report of proceedings for further cross examination.

(k)  Juror Questions for Witnesses.  The court shall permit jurors to submit to
     the court written questions directed to witnesses.  Counsel shall be given
     an opportunity to object to such questions in a manner that does not
     inform the jury that an objection was made.  The court shall establish
     procedures for submitting, objecting to, and answering questions from
     jurors to witnesses.  The court may rephrase or reword questions from
     jurors to witnesses.  The court may refuse on its own motion to allow a
     particular question from a juror to a witness.


[Amended effective January 1, 1977; April 2, 1979; September 1, 1988;
amended effective October 1, 2002; September 1, 2006.]