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Panel backs bill easing standard for children to testify via closed-circuit TV
Summary
The Virginia House criminal subcommittee reported House Bill 1728 as substituted to Appropriations by a vote of 19 to 3, changing the standard courts must use when deciding whether a minor may testify by two‑way closed‑circuit television.
The Virginia House criminal subcommittee reported House Bill 1728 as substituted to the Appropriations Committee by a vote of 19 to 3.
The bill, sponsored in the transcript as House Bill 1728, revises standards for admitting testimony from minor victims or witnesses by two‑way closed‑circuit television (CCTV). Under the substitute described in committee, one factor the court must consider is "the court's finding by clear and convincing evidence based upon expert opinion testimony that the child will suffer at least moderate emotional trauma as a result of testifying in the defendant's presence and not in the courtroom generally." The substitute restores language…
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