§ 12-16-5. Taking into custody and delivery of witness.
If the certificate recommends that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of the requesting state to assure his or her attendance in the requesting state, the judge may, in lieu of notification of the hearing, direct that the witness be immediately brought before him or her for the hearing; and the judge at the hearing, being satisfied of the desirability of custody and delivery, for which determination the certificate shall be prima facie proof of that desirability, may, in lieu of issuing subpoena or summons, order that the witness be immediately taken into custody and delivered to an officer of the requesting state.
History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2382, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 626, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-16-5.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 12-16 - Attendance of Witnesses from Without State
Section 12-16-1. - Short title.
Section 12-16-2. - Definitions.
Section 12-16-3. - Certification by foreign judge as to witness from this state.
Section 12-16-4. - Issuance of summons to appear in another state.
Section 12-16-5. - Taking into custody and delivery of witness.
Section 12-16-6. - Punishment for disobedience of summons.
Section 12-16-7. - Certificate to summon witness from another state.
Section 12-16-8. - Receiving custody of witness from another state.
Section 12-16-9. - Fees tendered — Duration of attendance required — Failure to testify.
Section 12-16-10. - Exemption from process of witnesses entering state.
Section 12-16-11. - Exemption from process of witnesses passing through state.