23A-14A-6. Prisoner from another state summoned to testify in this state--Certificate.
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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 circuit court judge or magistrate may certify:
(1)That there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a criminal action pending in this court;
(2)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
(3)That the person's 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.