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544.275. When a person committed to the department of corrections is a defendant in a criminal or civil proceeding other than jury trials, or a plaintiff in a civil proceeding other than a jury trial, or the movant in a postconviction proceeding, such proceeding may in the discretion of the judge be heard within a correctional facility of the department of corrections.

(L. 1981 H.B. 223 § 1, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1340 & 1348, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974)

(1987) Use of video hookup between courtroom and facility of dept. of corrections not authorized by statute prior to 1988 amendment. State ex rel. Turner v. Kinder, 740 S.W.2d 654 (Mo.banc).