Si un juez de otro estado necesita que alguien en Pensilvania testifique, puede pedirlo oficialmente. Un juez en Pensilvania revisará la solicitud y decidirá si la persona debe ir a declarar.
Es como cuando un maestro de otra escuela necesita que un alumno asista a una reunión importante. El director de la escuela puede ayudar a organizarlo para que el alumno pueda ir.
Imagina que en Nueva Jersey hay un juicio por un robo y un testigo clave vive en Filadelfia. El juez de Nueva Jersey pide al juez de Pensilvania que llame al testigo, y este último fija una cita para que el testigo asista y hable sobre lo que sabe.
42 Pa.C.S. 5963 - Summoning Witness In This Commonwealth To Testify In Another State (a) General rule.--If a judge of a court of record in any state which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within that state to attend and testify in this Commonwealth certifies under the seal of such court that there is a criminal prosecution pending in such court, or that a grand jury investigation has commenced, or is about to commence, that a person being within this Commonwealth is a material witness in such prosecution or grand jury investigation and his presence will be required for a specified number of days, upon presentation of such certificate to any judge of a court of record in the county in which such person is, such judge shall fix a time and place for a hearing and shall make an order directing the witness to appear at a time and place certain for the hearing. (b) Hearing.--If at a hearing the judge determines that the witness is material and necessary, that it will not cause undue hardship to the witness to be compelled to attend and testify in the prosecution or a grand jury investigation in the other state and that the laws of the state in which the prosecution is pending or grand jury investigation has commenced or is about to commence and of any other state through which the witness may be required to pass by ordinary course of travel will give to him protection from arrest and the service of civil and criminal process, he shall issue a summons with a copy of the certificate attached directing the witness to attend and testify in the court where the prosecution is pending or where a grand jury investigation has commenced or is about to commence, at a time and place specified in the summons. In any such hearing the certificate shall be prima facie ev
Un juez de un tribunal de otro estado puede hacer esta solicitud si hay un caso penal en curso y el testigo es importante para el caso.
El juez evaluará si la ausencia del testigo causará dificultades excesivas y tomará una decisión basada en eso.
Sí, si el juez determina que el testigo tiene derecho a protección contra arrestos mientras viaja para testificar.
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