This research aims to obtain data on the protection of witneses and
victims of criminal acts of maltreatment in sleman state court, the type of
normative research based on research conducted by author, get result that
conclueded the judge always do legal protection against witnesses and victims in
examing criminal prosecuition case in sleman state court, as for suggestions given
by the author, based on the results of research and analysis conduted by author, the
author suggest in the examination of testimony of witneses and victims in the case
of persection, witneses and victims are disguised identity, so that the defendant Is
not known.