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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 421 WITNESSES
421.650 Prisoner from another state summoned to testify in this state.
Download pdfcriminal action pending in a court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this state, a
judge of the court 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 the other state may be a material witness in the proceeding,
investigation or action, and that his presence will be required during a specified time.
The certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the other state having
jurisdiction over the prisoner confined, and a notice shall be given to the attorney general
of the state in which the prisoner is confined. Effective: June 19, 1976
History: Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 213, sec. 6, effective June 19, 1976.
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