Kentucky Rules of Evidence

ARTICLE VI. PRIVILEGES  

  

  KRE 601 COMPETENCY

(a) General. Every person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided in these rules or by statute. 

(b) Minimal qualifications. A person is disqualified to testify as a witness if the trial court determines that he: 

     (1) Lacked the capacity to perceive accurately the matters about which he proposes to testify; 

     (2) Lacks the capacity to recollect facts; 

     (3) Lacks the capacity to express himself so as to be understood, either directly or through an interpreter; or 

     (4) Lacks the capacity to understand the obligation of a witness to tell the truth.

[1992 c 324, sec 34, eff. 7-1-92]

 

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