Free Order to Produce State Prisoner to Testify (JC\E-331) - California

Superior Court of California County of Sacramento
In the Matter of No. Department 130 ORDER TO PRODUCE STATE PRISONER TO TESTIFY

Good cause appearing therefore: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall deliver x-reference # (date of birth: ), a state prison inmate, CDC # (Sacramento

), into the custody of the Sacramento County Sheriff from

State Prison for

purposes of testifying at a hearing in the William Ridgeway Courthouse, Department 130 of the Superior Court of California, Sacramento County on , 2008 at o'clock.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the court will not waive the prisoner's appearance.1 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Sacramento County Sheriff shall detain said state prison inmate in the Sacramento County Jail daily thereafter as required by the court until his presence for testimony is no longer required. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Sacramento County Sheriff shall return said state prison inmate to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation when his/her presence is no longer required.

Date:

, 2008 Kenneth G. Peterson Judge of the Superior Court

This Order is issued pursuant to "the unquestioned power of the court to compel his presence as a witness." (See Silvagni v. Superior Court (1958) 157 Cal.App.2d 287, relying upon Ex parte Gordan (1891) 92 Cal. 478. Cited favorably in Cohen v. Hughes Market Inc. (1995) 36 Cal.App.4th 1693.)

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JC\E-331

Order to Produce State Prison Inmate to Testify