Rule 605 Competency of judge as witness The judge presiding at the trial may not testify in that trial as a witness. No objection need be made in order to preserve the point. Effective: July 1, 1992 History: Enacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 38; renumbered (7/1/92) pursuant to 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 34.