Illinois Compiled Statutes 725 ILCS 235 Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act. Section 6

    (725 ILCS 235/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 157-6)

    Sec. 6. Prisoner from another state summoned 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 court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this State, a judge of the court 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 the other state may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation, or action, and (3) that his presence will be required during a specified time. The certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the other state having jurisdiction over the prisoner confined, and a notice shall be given to the Attorney General of the state in which the prisoner is confined.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2171.)

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