WI · rules
SCR 61.11
Prohibition of photographing at request of participant
(1) A trial judge may for cause prohibit the audio recording and
the photographing of a participant with a film, videotape or still camera
on the judge's own motion or on the request of a participant in a court
proceeding. In cases involving the victims of crimes, including sex
crimes, police informants, undercover agents, relocated witnesses and
juveniles, and in evidentiary suppression hearings, divorce proceedings
and cases involving trade secrets, a presumption of validity attends the
requests; the trial judge shall exercise a broad discretion in deciding
whether there is cause for prohibition. This list of requests which enjoy
the presumption is not exclusive; the judge may in his or her discretion
find cause in comparable situations.
(2) Individual jurors shall not be photographed, except in
instances in which a juror or jurors consent. In courtrooms where
photography is impossible without including the jury as part of the
unavoidable background, the photography is permitted, but close-ups
which clearly identify individual jurors are prohibited. Trial judges shall
enforce this subsection for the purpose of providing maximum
protection for jury anonymity.
Provenance
- Source
- www.wicourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- 2026-09-23
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