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HB 634 Two-way video testimony; reports by Chief Medical Examiner.

Introduced by: Chris L. Hurst | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Two-way video testimony; reports by Chief Medical Examiner. Provides that any testimony offered by either party in a preliminary hearing or sentencing hearing, or offered by the accused in any hearing other than a trial, from the Chief Medical Examiner, his assistants, or medical examiners who performed a medicolegal investigation of death or postmortem examination may be presented by two-way video conferencing. The bill provides that any decision to purchase a two-way electronic video and audio communication system is at the discretion of the locality.


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