42 Pa. C.S. § 5977

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92

Section 5977 - Prisoner from another state summoned to testify in this Commonwealth

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 Commonwealth, 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 the proceeding, investigation or act; and

(3) that the presence of the person 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.

42 Pa.C.S. § 5977

1976, July 9, P.L. 586, No. 142, § 2, effective 6/27/1978.