421.650 Prisoner from another state summoned to testify in this state.

KY Rev Stat § 421.650 (2019) (N/A)
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421.650 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 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.