Title 15, CIVIL PROCEDURE

At the discretion of the court, whenever the law requires a defendant in a misdemeanor or felony criminal case to appear before a judge or magistrate for an initial or subsequent appearance, bail, arraignment, or other pre-trial proceeding, the proceeding may be conducted by inte…

At the discretion of the court, misdemeanor plea hearings and misdemeanor sentence hearings may be conducted by interactive audiovisual device. Source: SL 2007, ch 301 (Supreme Court Rule 06-69), eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

At the discretion of the court, post-conviction proceedings, including habeas corpus proceedings, may be conducted by interactive audiovisual device. Source: SL 2007, ch 301 (Supreme Court Rule 06-69), eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

At the discretion of the court, interactive audiovisual devices may be used to conduct detention, advisory, status, admissions, change of plea, dispositional and review hearings in juvenile court. Judges may, in their discretion, require legal counsel or, if proceeding pro se, a …

At the discretion of the court, civil commitment hearings may be conducted by interactive audiovisual device. Source: SL 2007, ch 301 (Supreme Court Rule 06-69), eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

At the discretion of the prosecuting attorney, grand jury proceedings, including taking testimony of witnesses, may be conducted by interactive audiovisual device. Source: SL 2007, ch 301 (Supreme Court Rule 06-69), eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

Use of interactive audiovisual device will not be permitted to conduct any felony plea hearings, any stage of trial, felony sentencing, or probation revocation hearing unless all parties to the proceeding stipulate to the use of the interactive audiovisual device for one of the a…