Prisoner as witness

22-3416. Prisoner as witness. No prisoner in the custody of the secretary of corrections shall be required to attend as a witness in any criminal action or proceeding except on order of the court before whom the prosecution is pending and under such terms as the court may prescribe. History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3416; L. 2012, ch. 51, § 1; July 1. Source or Prior Law: 62-1425. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Refusal to compel recalcitrant witness to testify where no objection registered thereto examined. State v. Gonzales, 245 Kan. 691, 702, 783 P.2d 1239 (1989).