Statutes | Mescalero Apache Tribal Code Chapter 10 Section 1 ยงยง 10-1-7 | 2021
The husband or wife of a defendant in any criminal investigation, proceeding, preliminary hearing or trial is a competent witness to testify in favor of, but not against, such defendant provided, that if willing, the husband or wife of a defendant may testify against the defendant without the defendants consent where the prosecution is for any of the following crimes: incest, bigamy, unlawful cohabitation, abandonment of dependents, or any unlawful violence forcibly committed or attempted against the spouse testifying, or the children of both or either of the parties.