2005 Minnesota Statutes - 634.35 — Videotapes of child victims; conditions of disclosure.

     634.35 Videotapes of child victims; conditions of 
  disclosure. 


    (a) If a videotaped interview of a child victim of physical 
 or sexual abuse is disclosed by a prosecuting attorney to a 
 defendant or the defendant's attorney, the following applies:  


    (1) no more than two copies of the tape or any portion of 
 the tape may be made by the defendant or the defendant's 
 attorney, investigator, expert, or any other representative or 
 agent of the defendant; 


    (2) the tapes may not be used for any purpose other than to 
 prepare for the defense in the criminal action against the 
 defendant; 


    (3) the tapes may not be publicly exhibited, shown, 
 displayed, used for educational, research, or demonstrative 
 purposes, or used in any other fashion, except in judicial 
 proceedings in the criminal action against the defendant; 


    (4) the tapes may be viewed only by the defendant, the 
 defendant's attorney, and the attorney's employees, 
 investigators, and experts; 


    (5) no transcript of the tapes, nor the substance of any 
 portion of the tapes, may be divulged to any person not 
 authorized to view the tapes; 


    (6) no person may be granted access to the tapes, any 
 transcription of the tapes, or the substance of any portion of 
 the tapes unless the person has first signed a written agreement 
 that the person is aware of this statute and acknowledges that 
 the person is subject to the court's contempt powers for any 
 violation of it; and 


    (7) upon final disposition of the criminal case against the 
 defendant, the tapes and any transcripts of the tapes must be 
 returned to the prosecuting attorney.  


    (b) The court may hold a person who violates this section 
 in contempt. 


    HIST: 2003 c 116 s 6