§ 7-11-406 — Exemption of out-of-state witness from arrest or service of process

(a) If a person comes into this state pursuant to a
summons directing him to attend and testify in a criminal
prosecution in this state he shall not while in this state
pursuant to the summons be subject to arrest or the service of
process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which
arose before his entrance into this state under the summons.
(b) If a person passes through this state while going to
another state pursuant to a summons to attend and testify in a
criminal prosecution in that state or while returning therefrom,
he shall not while so passing through this state be subject to
arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in
connection with matters which arose before his entrance into
this state under the summons.