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Home » US Law » 2020 Arkansas Code » Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts » Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses » Chapter 43 - Witnesses Generally » Subchapter 4 - Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without the State in Criminal Cases

§ 16-43-402. Attendance in another state

If a judge of a court of record in any state which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within that state to attend and testify in this state certifies under the seal of such court that there is a criminal prosecution or criminal proceeding pending in such court, or that a grand […]

§ 16-43-403. Witness from another state

If a person in any state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal prosecutions or proceedings or grand jury or prosecuting attorney’s investigations commenced or about to commence, in this state, is a material witness in a prosecution or proceeding pending in a […]

§ 16-43-404. Witnesses immune from arrest

If a person comes into this state in obedience 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 such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before […]

§ 16-43-409. Effective date

Whereas, under the present statutes of the State of Arkansas there is no adequate remedy whereby the attendance of witnesses from without the state may be enforced, and whereas, it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace of the State of Arkansas that adequate means be provided whereby the attendance of witnesses from […]