Kansas Statutes

Chapter 22: Criminal Procedure

KANSAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Article 42: Out-Of-State Witnesses

Statutes:

• 22-4201: Definitions.
• 22-4202: Summoning witness in this state to testify in another state.
• 22-4203: Out-of-state witnesses; fees and mileage.
• 22-4204: Exemption from arrest and service of process.
• 22-4205: Uniformity of interpretation.
• 22-4206: Invalidity of part.
• 22-4207: Definitions.
• 22-4208: Summoning confined witness in this state to appear in another state; court order.
• 22-4209: Terms and conditions of order.
• 22-4210: Summoning person confined in another state; certification; notice to attorney general; exceptions to act.
• 22-4211: Order of compliance by judge in this state.
• 22-4212: Immunity of witness from arrest or service of process in this state for prior act.
• 22-4213: Construction of act.
• 22-4214: Citation of act.
• 22-4215: Severability.

• 22-4201: Definitions. "Witness" as used in this article shall include a person whose testimony is desired in any proceedings or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal action, prosecution or proceeding.

        The word "state" shall include any territory of the United States and the District of Columbia.

        The word "summons" shall include a subpoena, order or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness.

        History:   L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-4201; July 1.

• 22-4202: Summoning witness in this state to testify 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 pending in such court, or that a grand jury investigation has commenced or is about to commence, that a person being within this state is a material witness in such prosecution, or grand jury investigation, and that his presence will be required for a specified number of days, upon presentation of such certificate to any judge of a court of record in the county in which such person is, such judge shall fix a time and place for a hearing, and shall make an order directing the witness to appear at a time and place certain for the hearing.

        If at a hearing the judge determines that the witness is material and necessary, that it will not cause undue hardship to the witness to be compelled to attend and testify in the prosecution or a grand jury investigation in the other state, and that the laws of the state in which the prosecution is pending, or grand jury investigation has commenced or is about to commence, and of any other state through which the witness may be required to pass by ordinary course of travel, will give to him protection from arrest and the service of civil and criminal process, he shall issue a summons, with a copy of the certificate attached, directing the witness to attend and testify in the court where the prosecution is pending, or where a grand jury investigation has commenced or is about to commence at a time and place specified in the summons.

        In any such hearing the certificate shall be prima facie evidence of all the facts stated therein. If said certificate recommends that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of the requesting state to assure his attendance in the requesting state, such judge may, in lieu of notification of the hearing, direct that such witness be forthwith brought before him for said hearing; and the judge at the hearing being satisfied of the desirability of such custody and delivery, for which determination the certificate shall be prima facie proof of such desirability, may, in lieu of issuing subpoena or summons, order that said witness be forthwith taken into custody and delivered to an officer of the requesting state.

        If the witness, who is summoned as above provided, after being paid or tendered by some properly authorized person the sum of ten cents a mile for each mile by the ordinary traveled route to and from the court where the prosecution is pending and five dollars for each day, that he is required to travel and attend as a witness, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, he shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court of record in this state.

        History:   L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-4202; July 1.

• 22-4203: Out-of-state witnesses; fees and mileage. (1) 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 grand jury investigations commenced or about to commence, in this state, is a material witness in a prosecution pending in a court of record in this state, or in a grand jury investigation which has commenced or is about to commence, a judge of that court may issue a certificate under the seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the witness will be required. The certificate may include a recommendation that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of this state to assure the witness' attendance in this state. This certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the county in which the witness is found.

        (2)   If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in this case the witness shall be tendered the mileage rate established pursuant to K.S.A. 75-3203a and amendments thereto for each mile by the ordinary traveled route to and from the court where the prosecution is pending and an amount equal to that provided for witness fees under K.S.A. 28-125 and amendments thereto for each day that the witness is required to travel and attend as a witness.

        (3)   A witness who has appeared in accordance with the provisions of the summons shall not be required to remain within the state a longer period of time than the period mentioned in the certificate, unless otherwise ordered by the court. If such witness, after coming into this state, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, the witness shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court of record in this state.

        History:   L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-4203; L. 1979, ch. 99, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 132, § 1; July 1.

• 22-4204: Exemption from arrest and service of process. If a person comes into this state in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in this state he shall not while in this state purusant to such 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. If a person passes through this state while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and to testify 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.

        History:   L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-4204; July 1.

• 22-4205: Uniformity of interpretation. This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of the states which enact it.

        History:   L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-4205; July 1.

• 22-4206: Invalidity of part. If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any persons or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are declared to be severable.

        History:   L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-4206; July 1.

• 22-4207: Definitions. (1) As used in this act: (a) "Witness" means a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal action before a court.

        (b)   "Penal institution" includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or other place of penal detention.

        (c)   "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory of the United States.

        History:   L. 1973, ch. 145, § 1; July 1.

• 22-4208: Summoning confined witness in this state to appear in another state; court order. A judge of a state court of record in another state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons confined in penal institutions within that state to attend and testify in this state, may certify (1) that there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a criminal action pending in the court, (2) that a person who is confined in a penal institution in this state may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation, or action, and (3) that his presence will be required during a specified time. Upon presentation of the certificate to any judge having jurisdiction over the person confined, and upon notice to the attorney general, the judge in this state shall fix a time and place for a hearing and shall make an order directed to the person having custody of the prisoner requiring that the prisoner be produced before him at the hearing.

        If at the hearing the judge determines (1) that the witness may be material and necessary, (2) that his attending and testifying are not adverse to the interests of this state or to the health or legal rights of the witness, (3) that the laws of the state in which he is requested to testify will give him protection from arrest and the service of civil and criminal process because of any act committed prior to his arrival in the state under the order, and (4) that as a practical matter the possibility is negligible that the witness may be subject to arrest or to the service of civil or criminal process in any state through which he will be required to pass, the judge shall issue an order, with a copy of the certificate attached, (a) directing the witness to attend and testify, (b) directing the person having custody of the witness to produce him, in the court where the criminal action is pending, or where the grand jury investigation is pending, at a time and place specified in the order, and (c) prescribing such conditions as the judge shall determine.

        History:   L. 1973, ch. 145, § 2; July 1.

• 22-4209: Terms and conditions of order. The order to the witness and to the person having custody of the witness shall provide for the return of the witness at the conclusion of his testimony, proper safeguards on his custody, and proper financial reimbursement or prepayment by the requesting jurisdiction for all expenses incurred in the production and return of the witness, and may prescribe such other conditions as the judge thinks proper or necessary. The order shall not become effective until the judge of the state requesting the witness enters an order directing compliance with the conditions prescribed.

        History:   L. 1973, ch. 145, § 3; July 1.

• 22-4210: Summoning person confined in another state; certification; notice to attorney general; exceptions to act. If a person confined in a penal institution in any other state may be a material witness in a criminal action pending in a court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this state, a judge of the court may certify (1) that there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a criminal action pending in the court, (2) that a person who is confined in a penal institution in the other state may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation, or action, and (3) that his presence will be required during a specified time. The certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the other state having jurisdiction over the prisoner confined, and a notice shall be given to the attorney general of the state in which the prisoner is confined.

        This act does not apply to any person in this state confined as mentally ill, in need of mental treatment, or under sentence of death.

        History:   L. 1973, ch. 145, § 4; July 1.

• 22-4211: Order of compliance by judge in this state. The judge of the court in this state may enter an order directing compliance with the terms and conditions prescribed by the judge of the state in which the witness is confined.

        History:   L. 1973, ch. 145, § 5; July 1.

• 22-4212: Immunity of witness from arrest or service of process in this state for prior act. If a witness from another state comes into or passes through this state under an order directing him to attend and testify in this or another state, he shall not while in this state pursuant to the order be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, because of any act committed prior to his arrival in this state under the order.

        History:   L. 1973, ch. 145, § 6; July 1.

• 22-4213: Construction of act. This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

        History:   L. 1973, ch. 145, § 7; July 1.

• 22-4214: Citation of act. This act may be cited as the "uniform rendition of prisoners as witnesses in criminal proceedings act."

        History:   L. 1973, ch. 145, § 8; July 1.

• 22-4215: Severability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.

        History:   L. 1973, ch. 145, § 9; July 1.