In re Summons of Director, Women Organized Against Rape

KELLY, J.,

Kenneth Curry, a defendant charged with rape in Kings County, New York, petitioned this Court, under the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Within or Without a State in Criminal Proceedings, 42 Pa. C.S. §5961 et seq., to direct the Director of Women Against Rape of Delaware County to appear before the Supreme Court of New York. Justice Thomas Demakos of the New York Supreme Court certified to this Court that the Director of Women Against Rape of Delaware County is a material witness in the criminal prosecution pending against Kenneth Curry.

The Uniform Act states…