Arkansas Statutes
§ 16-43-301 — Interstate rendition of prisoners as witnesses - Definitions
Arkansas·Title 16
As used in this subchapter:
(1)"Witness" means a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal action before a court;
(2)"Penal institutions" includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or other place of penal detention;
(3)"State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory of the United States.
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Legislative History
Acts 1959, No. 216, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 43-2025.
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