Video conferencing by confined persons
Ind. Code § 11-8-10-1
in effectSec. 1. (a) If:
(1) a person is confined in a department facility;
(2) the person is required to make an appearance before the judge of a court;
(3) the:
(A) department facility; and
(B) court room;
have the capability of conducting two-way video conferencing between the department facility and the court room;
(4) the judge, on the judge's own motion, orders the person to make the person's appearance by use of video conferencing; and
(5) the person consents to the use of video conferencing;
the person shall appear before the judge while located in the department facility by use of video conferencing.
(b) If a person's appearance before a judge under this section is conducted by video conferencing, the judge shall ensure that the appearance is recorded if a record of the appearance would have been kept if the person had appeared in the judge's court room.
As added by P.L.159-2015, SEC.1.
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