Arkansas Code Title 16, Subtitle 4, Chapter 43, Subchapter 3 - Uniform Rendition of Prisoners As Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act

• § 16-43-301 - Interstate Rendition of Prisoners As Witnesses -- Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) "Witness" means a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is...
• § 16-43-302 - Hearing or Request for Presence of Prisoner in Another State.
  A judge of a state court of record in another state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons confined in penal...
• § 16-43-303 - Finding of Court -- Order that Prisoner Be Produced in Other State.
  If at the hearing the judge determines: (1) That the witness may be material and necessary; (2) That his attending and testifying are not...
• § 16-43-304 - Contents of Order -- Safeguarding Custody -- Payment of Expenses.
  The order to the witness and to the person having custody of the witness shall provide for the return of the witness at the...
• § 16-43-305 - Insane or Mentally Ill Persons Not Subject to Subchapter.
  This subchapter does not apply to any person in this state confined as insane or mentally ill.
• § 16-43-306 - Certificate for Obtaining Prisoner From Another State to Testify in This State.
  If a person confined in a penal institution in any other state may be a material witness in a criminal action pending in a...
• § 16-43-307 - Order for Compliance With Terms Prescribed by Court of Other State.
  The judge of the court in this state may enter an order directing compliance with the terms and conditions prescribed by the judge of...
• § 16-43-308 - Prisoner From Other State Immune From Arrest or Process While Being Transported or Held As Witness.
  If a witness from another state comes into or passes through this state under an order directing him to attend and testify in this...
• § 16-43-309 - Uniformity of Construction.
  This subchapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
• § 16-43-310 - Short Title.
  This subchapter may be cited as the "Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act".
• § 16-43-311 - Severability.
  If any provision of this subchapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other...
• § 16-43-312 - [Reserved.]

Last modified: November 15, 2016