§ Sec. 24-10-137. Use of audio-visual equipment
§ 24-10-137. Use of audio-visual equipment
(a) Any party shall have the right to require that the deposition be recorded and preserved by the use of audio-visual equipment in addition to a stenographic record. The audio-visual recording shall be transmitted to the clerk of the court which ordered the deposition and shall be made available for viewing and copying only to the prosecuting attorney and defendant's attorney prior to trial. An audio-visual recording made pursuant to this Code section shall not be available for inspection or copying by the public until such audio-visual recording has been admitted into evidence during a trial or hearing in the case in which such deposition is made.
(b) An audio-visual recording made pursuant to this Code section may be admissible at trial or hearing as an alternative to the stenographic record of the deposition.
(c) A stenographic record of the deposition contemplated in this Code section shall be made pursuant to Code Section 9-11-28.