HB5344 - Relating to testimony of cognitively delayed persons in open court and criminal penalties for assault of cognitively delayed persons
West Virginia - 2024 Regular Session
Introduced byScot Heckert, Dorris Roland Jennings, Charles R. Sheedy
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
clarifying when a mentally incapacitated victim may not be required to testify in open court; and providing judicial discretion to determine the appropriateness of a mentally capacitated victim to testify.
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