TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 24. TREATMENT OF VICTIMS AND WITNESSES

Part 1. General Provisions

Purpose

46-24-101. Purpose. The legislature declares that the purposes of this chapter are to:

(1) protect the role of crime victims and witnesses in the criminal justice process;

(2) assure that victims and witnesses of crime receive fair and proper treatment from law enforcement agencies and prosecutors; and

(3) provide a standard of conduct governing the treatment of victims and witnesses in criminal cases.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 554, L. 1985.