Definitions

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Evidence
  4. Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence
  5. Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses From Without the State
  6. Definitions

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As used in this article, the term:

  1. "Penal institution" means a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or other place of penal detention.
  2. "State" means any state or territory of the United States and the District of Columbia.
  3. "Summons" means a subpoena, order, or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness.
  4. "Witness" means a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal prosecution or proceeding held by the prosecution or the defense, including a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state.

(Code 1981, §24-13-91, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 81 Am. Jur. 2d, Witnesses, §§ 50, 51.

C.J.S.

- 98 C.J.S. (Rev), Witnesses, § 1.


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