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725 ILCS 235/6 (2026)

Prisoner from another state summoned to testify in this state

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(725 ILCS 235/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 157-6)
    Sec. 6. 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 proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a criminal action pending in the court, (2) that a person who is confined in a penal institution in the other state may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation, or action, and (3) that his presence will be required during a specified time. The certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the other state having jurisdiction over the prisoner confined, and a notice shall be given to the Attorney General of the state in which the prisoner is confined.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2171.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2004–2015 · leading case: People v. Brooks, 803 N.E.2d 626 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 2004).
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People v. Brooks, 803 N.E.2d 626 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 2004). · cites it 3× “He contends he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his defense counsel failed to invoke the Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act (725 ILCS 235/6 (West 2000)) in order to secure alibi witness Robert Austin at trial.”
People v. McLaurin, 2015 IL App (1st) 131362, 32 N.E.3d 94. “3d 945 (2004) (defense counsel's failure to invoke the Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act (725 ILCS 235/6 (West 2000)) for securing alibi witness at trial was not deficient performance, where defense counsel obtained telephone numbers of…”
People v. McLaurin, 2015 IL App (1st) 131362. “3d 945 (2004) (defense counsel’s failure to invoke the Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act (725 ILCS 235/6 (West 2000)) for securing alibi witness at trial was not deficient performance, where defense counsel obtained telephone numbers of…”
People v. Brooks, No. 1-02-1850 Rel (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. Jan. 16, 2004). · cites it 3× “He contends he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his defense counsel failed to invoke the Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act (725 ILCS 235/6 (West 2000)) in order to secure alibi witness Robert Austin at trial.”
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