Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 15. PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE

Part 3. Discovery -- Immunity for Witnesses

Failure To Call A Witness Or Raise A Defense

46-15-325. Failure to call a witness or raise a defense. The fact that a witness's name is on a list furnished pursuant to this part but the witness does not testify or that a matter contained in a pretrial notice is not raised may not be commented upon at trial unless the court, on motion of a party, allows comment after finding that the inclusion of the witness's name or the pretrial notice constituted an abuse of the applicable disclosure requirement or that other good cause is shown.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 202, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 140, Ch. 800, L. 1991.