22-4207. Definitions. - Kansas Statutes

22-4207

Chapter 22.--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE KANSAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Article 42.--OUT-OF-STATE WITNESSES

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

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

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

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