Sec. 27-189. Refusal of witness to appear. Witness fees. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 27-189. Refusal of witness to appear. Witness fees. (a) Any person not subject to this code who: (1) Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a military court or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court; (2) has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending the civil courts of the state; and (3) refuses to appear and testify or refuses to produce any evidence which that person has been duly subpoenaed to produce, may be, by warrant signed by the military judge, by the president of the court-martial, if a special court-martial to which no military judge has been detailed, or by the summary court officer and directed to a state marshal or any constable of the town in which such witness resides, committed to a community correctional center, there to be held at his own expense until discharged by due course of law.

      (b) The fees of all witnesses so summoned and of the state marshals, constables or indifferent persons serving such subpoenas shall be the same as provided for in civil actions in the state, and shall be taxed by the president of the court-martial or by the summary court officer.

      (c) Such fee when so taxed shall be paid by the State Comptroller to those entitled thereto, upon vouchers prepared by the trial officer or summary court officer and approved by the military judge, by the president of such court-martial, if a special court-martial to which no military judge has been detailed, or, in the case of such summary court officer, by his next higher commander.

      (1967, P.A. 717, S. 49; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 89-221, S. 15; P.A. 90-230, S. 38, 101; P.A. 00-99, S. 71, 154; P.A. 04-257, S. 96.)

      History: 1969 act replaced jails with community correctional centers; P.A. 89-221 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize the "military judge" and the president of the court-martial "if a special court-martial to which no military judge has been detailed" to sign a warrant committing a person to a community correctional center and amended Subsec. (c) to authorize the "military judge" and the president of the court-martial "if a special court-martial to which no military judge has been detailed" to approve vouchers; P.A. 90-230 made technical corrections in Subsecs. (a) and (c); P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff of the county and deputy sheriff with state marshal in Subsec. (a), effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 14, 2004.

      See Sec. 52-260 re witness fees.

      See Sec. 52-261 re fees and expenses of officers and persons serving process.