§ 21-142A-10. Wearing of buttons containing victim's picture by immediate family.  


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  • A.  A court shall permit members of the immediate family of a murder victim to wear buttons containing a picture of the victim as a symbol of grief in a trial.  The button shall not exceed four (4) inches in diameter.

    B.  As used in subsection A of this section, “members of the immediate family” means the spouse, children by birth or adoption, stepchildren, parents or stepparents, grandparents, grandchildren, siblings, aunts, uncles or cousins of the murder victim.

Added by Laws 2007, c. 119, § 2, emerg. eff. May 9, 2007.  Renumbered from § 984.3 of Title 22 by Laws 2010, c. 135, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.