Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 10. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

Part 2. Procedure at Preliminary Examination

Record Of Preliminary Examination

46-10-204. Record of preliminary examination. (1) The testimony of each witness must be taken by a court-appointed stenographer upon demand by the county attorney, the defendant, or the defendant's counsel.

(2) After concluding the proceeding, if the judge holds the defendant to answer a charge, the judge shall transmit immediately to the clerk of the court having jurisdiction of the offense all papers in the proceeding and any bail taken by the judge.

History: En. 95-1202 by Sec. 1, Ch. 196, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 95-1202(d); amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 116, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 93, Ch. 800, L. 1991.