Exención de Arresto y Notificación Judicial para Testigos

Explicación Simple

Si alguien recibe una citación para testificar en Pensilvania, no puede ser arrestado por problemas legales que tuvo antes de llegar. Esto significa que puede ir a contar lo que sabe sin preocuparse por ser detenido.

Es como cuando un amigo llega a tu casa para ayudarte a estudiar. No importa si tuvo problemas en la escuela antes, solo necesita concentrarse en el examen sin distracciones.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan vive en Nueva Jersey y recibe una citación para testificar en un caso en Pensilvania. Cuando llega a Pensilvania para dar su testimonio, no puede ser arrestado por un viejo problema que tuvo en su estado. Esto le permite hablar libremente sin miedo.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

42 Pa.C.S. 5965 - Exemption From Arrest And Service Of Process (a) Incoming witnesses.--If a person comes into this Commonwealth in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in this Commonwealth he shall not while in this Commonwealth pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this Commonwealth under the summons. (b) Witnesses in transit.--If a person passes through this Commonwealth while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that state, or while returning therefrom, he shall not while so passing through this Commonwealth be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this Commonwealth under the summons. 42 Pa.C.S. 5971 - Short Title Of Subchapter This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act." 42 Pa.C.S. 5972 - Definitions The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section: "Penal institution."Includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, correctional institution or other place of penal detention. "Witness."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 proceeding before a court. 42 Pa.C.S. 5973 - Scope Of Subchapter This subchapter does not apply to any person in this Commonwealth confined as insane or mentally ill or as a defective delinquent or under sentence of death.