When, in any criminal prosecution, it is necessary to obtain the testimony of any witnesses residing without this state, the Chief State’s Attorney may allow them a reasonable sum for their time and expenses in going to, attending upon and returning from the court and may allow a reasonable sum for the expense of procuring their attendance or procuring any document from without this state necessary to be used as evidence on the trial of such prosecution, to be from the appropriation for the Division of Criminal Justice.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 54-152

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
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