New York · New York Criminal Procedure Law (CPL)
N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 650.20: Securing attendance of prisoner outside the state as witness in criminal action in the state
What this law says, in plain English
Procedure allowing courts to request that a prisoner held in another state be brought to testify as a witness in a pending criminal action or grand jury proceeding in this state, if certain conditions are met.
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