§ 22-734. Certificate from this state to another state to compel prisoner to appear and testify - Contents - Presentation - Notice to attorney general of other state.

A.  If a person confined in a penal institution in any other state may be a material witness in a criminal proceeding pending in a court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this state, a judge of the court may certify as follows:

1.  There is a grand jury or a criminal proceeding pending in this court;

2.  A person who is confined in a penal institution in the other state may be a material witness in the proceeding or investigation; and

3.  His presence will be required during a specified time.

B.  The judge of the court in this state shall:

1.  Present the certificate to a judge of a court of record in the other state having jurisdiction over the prisoner confined; and

2.  Give notice to the attorney general of the state in which the prisoner is confined, that the prisoner's presence will be required.