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Ind. Code § 34-47-2-2

Witnesses

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Michael Leroy Tunis v. State of Indiana (2019)

Most recently applied in Michael Leroy Tunis v. State of Indiana (July 2019)

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.43.

Sec. 2. Every person who:

(1) is sworn to testify as a witness, in any trial or proceeding, in any court of record, and refuses to testify in the trial or proceeding;

(2) is required by any court to be sworn in any trial or proceeding, and refuses to take an oath or affirmation; or

(3) while upon the witness stand, is purposely so demeaning as to retard or disturb the proceedings of the court;

is considered guilty of a direct contempt of court.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.