Illinois · statute · 725 ILCS 235 · 11 active provisions
Definitions. 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, penite…
Summoning witness in this state to testify in another state. 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 inves…
Court order. 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 p…
Terms and conditions. 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 th…
Exceptions. This Act does not apply to any person in this State confined as mentally ill or in need of mental treatment. (Source: P.A. 103-51, eff. 1-1-24.)
Prisoner from another state summoned to testify in this state. 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 proceedi…
Compliance. 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. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2171.)
Exemption from arrest and service of process. 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, bec…
Uniformity of interpretation. This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2171.)
Short title. This act may be cited as the "Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act". (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2171.)
Severability clause. 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 s…