New York · New York Criminal Procedure Law (CPL)
N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 650.10: Securing attendance of prisoner in this state as witness in proceeding without the state
What this law says, in plain English
This statute establishes a procedure for a judge to order that a prisoner held in New York be transported to testify as a witness in a criminal proceeding in another state, with conditions for custody, return, and expense reimbursement.
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