Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 16. TRIAL

Part 2. Rules of Evidence for Criminal Cases

Raising Issue Of Testimony Of Child Witness Outside Presence Of Defendant -- Motion By Prosecution Or Defense

46-16-227. Raising issue of testimony of child witness outside presence of defendant -- motion by prosecution or defense. Upon a motion by the prosecution or defense if the defense intends to call a child witness other than the victim in its case in chief, a court shall conduct a hearing to consider whether the testimony of a child witness may be taken outside the presence of the defendant and communicated to the courtroom by two-way electronic audio-video communication.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 488, L. 2007.