New York · New York Criminal Procedure Law (CPL)
N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 650.30: Securing attendance of prisoner in federal institution as witness in criminal action in the state
What this law says, in plain English
This statute establishes a court procedure for obtaining the temporary attendance of federally imprisoned witnesses in state criminal proceedings through a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum, issued to the U.S. Attorney General.
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