Any judge of the superior court may issue an order to any officer having a lawfully imprisoned person in his or her custody, requiring the production of such person before the court for the purpose of giving evidence in any criminal cause pending therein, without any formal application or writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum for that purpose.
(Code 1981, §24-13-61, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 81 Am. Jur. 2d, Witnesses, § 5.
C.J.S.- 98 C.J.S. (Rev), Witnesses, § 107 et seq.
ALR.- Right of accused to have his witnesses free from handcuffs, manacles, shackles, or the like, 75 A.L.R.2d 762.