{"data":{"id":"us-mt/46-4-406","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"46-4-406","heading":"Purpose.","body":"The legislature intends to require the electronic recording of custodial interrogations in felony cases based on the finding that properly recorded interrogations:\n(1) provide the best evidence of the communications that occurred during an interrogation;\n(2) prevent disputes about a peace officer's conduct or treatment of a suspect during the course of an interrogation;\n(3) prevent a defendant from lying about the account of events originally provided to law enforcement by the defendant;\n(4) spare judges and jurors the time necessary and the need to assess which account of an interrogation to believe;\n(5) enhance public confidence in the criminal process; and\n(6) have been encouraged by the Montana supreme court in a written opinion of that court.","path":["TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 4. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES","Part 4. Custodial Interrogations -- Recording"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0040/part_0040/section_0060/0460-0040-0040-0060.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:39Z","sha256":"ed83fb9e35ec20480269070b6e76972b4613d7405e5681f709e2a96f492f8120","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/46-4-405","next":"us-mt/46-4-407"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}