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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 421 WITNESSES
421.610 Summoning prisoner in this state to testify in another state.
Download pdffor commanding persons confined in penal institutions within that state to attend and
testify in this state, may certify that there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a
grand jury or a criminal action pending in the court, that a person who is confined in a
penal institution in this state may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation or
action, and that his presence will be required during a specified time. Upon presentation
of the certificate to any judge having jurisdiction over the person confined, and upon
notice to the Attorney General, the judge in this state shall fix a time and place for a
hearing and shall make an order directed to the person having custody of the prisoner
requiring that the prisoner be produced before him at the hearing. Effective: June 19, 1976
History: Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 213, sec. 2, effective June 19, 1976.
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