Ark. Code Ann. § 16-43-301: Interstate rendition of prisoners as witnesses - Definitions
Where this section sits in the code
- AR Code
- Title 16
- Chapter 43
- Subchapter 3
As used in this subchapter:
(1) "Witness" means a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal action before a court;
(2) "Penal institutions" includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or other place of penal detention;
(3) "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory of the United States.
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