Section 610.10. Securing attendance of witnesses by subpoena; in general  


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  • 1.    Under  circumstances  prescribed  in  this  article, a person at
      liberty within the state may be required  to  attend  a  criminal  court
      action  or  proceeding as a witness by the issuance and service upon him
      of a subpoena.
        2.  A "subpoena" is a process of a court directing the person to  whom
      it is addressed to attend and appear as a witness in a designated action
      or  proceeding  in  such court, on a designated date and any recessed or
      adjourned date of the action or proceeding.   If the  witness  is  given
      reasonable  notice  of such recess or adjournment, no further process is
      required to compel his attendance on the adjourned date.
        3.  As used in this article, "subpoena"  includes  a  "subpoena  duces
      tecum."    A subpoena duces tecum is a subpoena requiring the witness to
      bring with him and produce specified physical evidence.