2020 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 22. Criminal Procedure
§22-734. Certificate from this state to another state to compel prisoner to appear and testify - Contents - Presentation - Notice to attorney general of other state.

Universal Citation: 22 OK Stat § 22-734 (2020)

A. If a person confined in a penal institution in any other state may be a material witness in a criminal proceeding pending in a court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this state, a judge of the court may certify as follows:

1. There is a grand jury or a criminal proceeding pending in this court;

2. A person who is confined in a penal institution in the other state may be a material witness in the proceeding or investigation; and

3. His presence will be required during a specified time.

B. The judge of the court in this state shall:

1. Present the certificate to a judge of a court of record in the other state having jurisdiction over the prisoner confined; and

2. Give notice to the attorney general of the state in which the prisoner is confined, that the prisoner's presence will be required.

Added by Laws 1989, c. 100, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.

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