Kansas Statutes
Article 34 - Trials And Incidents Thereto
22-3416 Prisoner as witness.

22-3416. Prisoner as witness. No prisoner in the custody of the secretary of corrections shall be required to attend as a witness in any criminal action or proceeding except on order of the court before whom the prosecution is pending and under such terms as the court may prescribe.
History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3416; L. 2012, ch. 51, § 1; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure

Article 34 - Trials And Incidents Thereto

22-3401 Time of trial.

22-3402 Discharge of persons not brought promptly to trial; discharge deadlines; delays, requests and charging of time; suspension of deadlines until May 1, 2023; guidelines for prioritizing trials; office of judicial administration report to legisla...

22-3403 Method of trial of felony cases.

22-3404 Misdemeanor, cigarette or tobacco infraction and traffic infraction case; method of trial.

22-3405 Presence of defendant.

22-3406 Time to prepare for trial.

22-3407 Motion to discharge jury panel.

22-3408 Trial jurors.

22-3409 Summoning jurors in misdemeanor case.

22-3410 Challenges for cause.

22-3411a Felony trials; number of jurors.

22-3412 Jury selection; peremptory challenges; swearing of jury; alternate or additional jurors.

22-3413 Juror's knowledge of material fact.

22-3414 Order of trial.

22-3415 Laws applicable to witnesses; immunity from prosecution or punishment.

22-3416 Prisoner as witness.

22-3417 Objections to rulings.

22-3418 View of place of crime.

22-3419 Motion for judgment of acquittal.

22-3420 Conduct of jury after submission.

22-3421 Verdict, procedure.

22-3422 Allocution.

22-3423 Mistrials.

22-3424 Judgment and sentence; restitution; duties of court.

22-3425 Commitment for failure to pay fine and costs.

22-3426 Record of judgment; form and content of journal entry.

22-3426a Revocation of probation; form and content of journal entry.

22-3427 Execution of sentence.

22-3428 Persons found not guilty by jury by reason of mental disease or defect; commitment to state security hospital; determination of whether person is a mentally ill person, notice and hearing; procedure for transfer, release or discharge, standar...

22-3428a Same; annual hearing on continued commitment; procedure, notice and standards; victim notification.

22-3428b Same; violation of conditions of release; return to custody.

22-3429 Mental examination, evaluation and report after conviction and prior to sentence; limit on commitment.

22-3430 Commitment to certain institutions as a result of a K.S.A. 22-3429 examination, when; standards; costs; appeal by defendant; victim notification.

22-3431 Commitment to certain institutions as a result of mental examination and report after conviction and prior to sentence; disposition upon completion of treatment; notice and hearing; victim notification.

22-3432 Information for secretary of corrections concerning person convicted.

22-3434 Videotape of testimony of child victim admissible in certain cases; limitations; standard of proof; objections, restrictions.

22-3435 Severability.

22-3436 Prosecuting attorney; information to victims; right to be present at certain hearings.

22-3437 Forensic examinations; admissibility; certification; notices of proffer and objection to admission; use of interactive video testimony.

22-3438 Severability.

22-3439 Felony convictions; information and forms to be forwarded to Kansas sentencing commission and Kansas bureau of investigation.

22-3440 Contact with jurors; discussion of deliberations or verdict following discharge; violations, contempt.