2010 Maine Code
TITLE 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL
Chapter 205: WITNESSES
15 §1461. Definitions
Part 3: TRIALS
Subchapter 4: PRISONERS AS WITNESSES
§1461. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: [1967, c. 317, (NEW).]
1. Penal institutions. "Penal institutions" includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction or other place of penal detention.
[ 1967, c. 317, (NEW) .]
2. State. "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and any territory of the United States.
[ 1967, c. 317, (NEW) .]
3. Witness. "Witness" means a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal action before a court.
[ 1967, c. 317, (NEW) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1967, c. 317, (NEW).
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