Mexico

The Political Constitution of the Mexican United States

TITLE ONE

CHAPTER I
Fundamental rights

Article 20

B. Defendant’s rights

VI. The defendant has the right to be provided with all the information on record in the proceeding for his defense.

The accused and his counsel can access to the investigation records: a) when the accused is under arrest, b) when he makes his statement or is interviewed, c) before the first hearing. Once the first hearing has been carried out, information on investigation cannot be kept in secret, except for exceptional cases determined by the law, whenever that is imperative to ensure the success of the investigation and provided that they are revealed in time to safeguard defendant’s rights.

Keywords

Rights during trial - disclosure of evidence to defence



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