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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

46-16-227: Raising issue of testimony of child witness outside presence of defendant -- motion by prosecution or defense.

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  1. TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
  2. CHAPTER 16. TRIAL
  3. Part 2. Rules of Evidence for Criminal Cases

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.

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