US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  19
                              CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
                                  CHAPTER 30
                      WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
    19-3018.  PRISONER FROM ANOTHER STATE SUMMONED TO TESTIFY IN THIS STATE.
If a person confined in a penal institution in any other state may be a
material witness in a criminal action pending in a court of record or in a
grand jury investigation in this state, a judge of the court may certify (1)
that there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a
criminal action pending in the court, (2) that a person who is confined in a
penal institution in the other state may be a material witness in a
proceeding, investigation, or action, and (3) that his presence will be
required during a specified time. The certificate will 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.