Federal prisoner summoned to testify in this state
Sec. 7. When:
(1) a criminal action is pending in a court of record of this state
by reason of an indictment or affidavit, or by reason of the
commencement of a grand jury proceeding or investigation;
(2) there is reasonable cause to believe that a person confined
in a federal prison or other federal custody, either within or
outside this state, possesses information material to such
criminal action; and
(3) the attendance of such person as a witness in such action is
desired by a party;
the court may issue a certificate, known as a writ of habeas corpus ad
testificandum, addressed to the attorney general of the United States,
certifying all such facts and requesting the attorney general of the
United States to cause the attendance of such person as a witness in
such court for a specified number of days. Such a certificate may be
issued upon application of either the state or a defendant
demonstrating all facts specified in subdivision (1). Upon issuing
such a certificate, the court may deliver it, or cause or authorize it to
be delivered, to the attorney general of the United States or to his
representative authorized to entertain the request.
As added by P.L.311-1983, SEC.2.
Last modified: May 24, 2006