A judge of a state court of record in another state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons confined in penal institutions within that state to attend and testify in this state, 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 this state may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation, or action; and
(3) That his presence will be required during a specified time. Upon presentation of the certificate to any judge having jurisdiction over the person confined, and upon notice to the Attorney General, the judge in this state shall fix a time and place for a hearing and shall make an order directed to the person having custody of the prisoner requiring that the prisoner be produced before him at the hearing.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses
Chapter 43 - Witnesses Generally
Subchapter 3 - Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act
§ 16-43-301. Interstate rendition of prisoners as witnesses — Definitions
§ 16-43-302. Hearing or request for presence of prisoner in another state
§ 16-43-303. Finding of court — Order that prisoner be produced in other state
§ 16-43-304. Contents of order — Safeguarding custody — Payment of expenses
§ 16-43-305. Insane or mentally ill persons not subject to subchapter
§ 16-43-306. Certificate for obtaining prisoner from another state to testify in this state
§ 16-43-307. Order for compliance with terms prescribed by court of other state