Alabama § 12-21-244 Subpoena of Witnesses - Trial Appearance

Alabama Statutes

§ 12-21-244 — Subpoena of Witnesses - Trial Appearance

Alabama § 12-21-244

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 12Courts

Ch. 21Evidence and Witnesses

Art. 2Criminal Cases

Div. 2Witnesses

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Ala. Code § 12-21-244 (2026).

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(a)No subpoena must be issued in a criminal case unless the defendant is in custody or has given bail to answer the charge.

(b)If the defendant is in custody or has given bail to answer the charge, it is the duty of the clerk of the court in which the prosecution is pending, on his application, to issue subpoenas for such witnesses as he requires.

(c)The clerk must also issue subpoenas for all witnesses on the part of the state whose names are so marked on the indictment, if any, and for such other witnesses as the district attorney may direct him to summon.

(d)It is the duty of clerks of the district and circuit courts to subpoena witnesses in cases set for trial to the day fixed for such trial.

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(a) No subpoena must be issued in a criminal case unless the defendant is in custody or has given bail to answer the charge.
(b) If the defendant is in custody or has given bail to answer the charge, it is the duty of the clerk of the court in which the prosecution is pending, on his application, to issue subpoenas for such witnesses as he requires.
(c) The clerk must also issue subpoenas for all witnesses on the part of the state whose names are so marked on the indictment, if any, and for such other witnesses as the district attorney may direct him to summon.
(d) It is the duty of clerks of the district and circuit courts to subpoena witnesses in cases set for trial to the day fixed for such trial.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §§661-663; Code 1867, §§4213-4215; Code 1876, §§4918-4920, 4923; Code 1886, §§4456-4458, 4460; Code 1896, §§5280-5282, 5284; Code 1907, §§7877-7879, 7881; Code 1923, §§5615-5617, 5619; Code 1940, T. 15, §§289-291, 294.)