Securing attendance of witnesses confined in institutions within the state; in general · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 630.10 Securing attendance of witnesses confined in institutions
within the state; in general.
Under the circumstances prescribed in this article, a person confined in an institution within this state pursuant to a court order may, upon application of a party to a criminal action or proceeding, demonstrating reasonable cause to believe that such person possesses information material thereto, be produced by court order and compelled to attend such action or proceeding as a witness.
On a party’s application showing reasonable cause that an in-state confined person has material information, a court may order the institution to produce that person and compel attendance as a witness in the criminal action or proceeding. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Officer: Criminal Procedure Law; Volume 2 — Your Career: Criminal Procedure in Plain English.