77-33-1 - Definitions.
77-33-1. Definitions.
As used in this act:
(1) "Witness" means a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state andwhose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grandjury or in any criminal action before a court.
(2) "Penal institution" includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or otherplace of penal detention; and
(3) "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, theCommonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory of the United States.
Enacted by Chapter 15, 1980 General Session