North Dakota Statutes
§ 31-01-19 — Witness for indigent defendants subpoenaed and paid by city, county, or state under court order in criminal or municipal court action
state under court order in criminal or municipal court action.
If it appears to the court before which a criminal action or municipal ordinance violation is
about to be tried that the defendant is unable to pay the witnesses to appear on the defendant's
behalf, such court shall make an order that such witnesses as may be deemed reasonable,
naming them, be subpoenaed to attend at such trial at the expense of the city, the county, or the
state, whichever is liable to pay the costs of the prosecution of such action, and such witnesses
must be paid accordingly.
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Related
State v. Gibbs
2009 ND 44 (North Dakota Supreme Court, 2009)
Koropatnicki v. State
2009 ND 31 (North Dakota Supreme Court, 2009)
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Who may claim the privilege§ 31-01-06.6
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