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.
History:
[19-3018, added 1959, ch. 10, sec. 6, p. 25.]