Alabama § 12-21-263 Taking Testimony of Convict in Penitentiary on Interrogatories by Defendant

Alabama Statutes

§ 12-21-263 — Taking Testimony of Convict in Penitentiary on Interrogatories by Defendant

Alabama § 12-21-263

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 12Courts

Ch. 21Evidence and Witnesses

Art. 2Criminal Cases

Div. 2Witnesses

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 12-21-263 (2026).

Text

The defendant in any criminal prosecution may take the testimony of any convict in the penitentiary on interrogatories and notice as in other cases of taking testimony by interrogatories, the convict’s answer being taken on oath and returned with the commission as in other cases, but the notice in such case, with a copy of the interrogatories, must be served on the district attorney of the circuit in which the prosecution is pending.

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The defendant in any criminal prosecution may take the testimony of any convict in the penitentiary on interrogatories and notice as in other cases of taking testimony by interrogatories, the convict’s answer being taken on oath and returned with the commission as in other cases, but the notice in such case, with a copy of the interrogatories, must be served on the district attorney of the circuit in which the prosecution is pending.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §368; Code 1867, §3916; Code 1876, §4614; Code 1886, §4469; Code 1896, §5293; Code 1907, §7890; Code 1923, §5628; Code 1940, T. 15, §301.)