US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  19
                              CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
                                  CHAPTER 8
                      EXAMINATION OF CASE AND DISCHARGE
                           OR COMMITMENT OF ACCUSED
    19-812.  TRANSCRIPT OF PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. In all cases which must
afterward be investigated by the grand jury, or prosecuted by information, the
preliminary examination must be taken and as ordered by the district court
duly transcribed, unless the person charged with the offense shall waive his
right to such examination, and the same can not be unreasonably delayed by
either party.
    A verbatim record of the proceedings and evidence at the preliminary
examination before a magistrate shall be maintained either by electrical
devices or by stenographic means as the magistrate may direct, but if any
party to the action requests stenographic reporting of the proceedings, the
reporting shall be done stenographically. The requesting party shall pay the
costs of reporting the proceedings.
    The opening statements and closing argument of counsel for the parties
need not be transcribed and made a part of the transcript unless the
transcription of the same is requested in advance by either of such parties.
    The transcript of the proceedings and evidence at the preliminary
examination shall be certified to as true and correct by the stenographer or
by the person designated to transcribe the proceedings from the electrical
devices.