UtahJusticeFoundation BLOG » Rules & Laws for Victims http://www.utahjusticefoundation.org/ujf-blog Seeking Justice for ALL Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:41:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Notice: Amendment of URCrP 15.5 – Out of Court Statements and Testimony of Child Victims or Child Witnesses http://www.utahjusticefoundation.org/ujf-blog/2008/09/04/notice-amendment-of-urcrp-155-out-of-court-statements-and-testimony-of-child-victims-or-child-witnesses/ http://www.utahjusticefoundation.org/ujf-blog/2008/09/04/notice-amendment-of-urcrp-155-out-of-court-statements-and-testimony-of-child-victims-or-child-witnesses/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:58:41 +0000 Eagle4Justice http://www.utahjusticefoundation.org/ujf-blog/?p=108 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Rule 15.5 of Utah’s Rules of Criminal Procedure has been amended.

Summary: Out of court statement and testimony of child victims or child witnesses of sexual or physical abuse – Conditions of admissibility. Amend. The amendments are intended to help bring the rule into compliance with the requirements of Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S. Ct. 1354, 158 L. Ed. 2d 177 (2004).

Amendment:  Follow this link URCrP 15.5 to review the entire amendment.

Order:  Click this link for the Supreme Court Order approving the amendment.

Effective Date:  The amendment becomes effective on November 1, 2008.

Source:  For a direct Blog feed from the Utah Courts click here. 

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