Alabama § 15-11-14 Failure or Refusal of Witness to Enter Undertaking; Discharge of Witness Upon Entering into Undertaking

Alabama Statutes

§ 15-11-14 — Failure or Refusal of Witness to Enter Undertaking; Discharge of Witness Upon Entering into Undertaking

Alabama § 15-11-14

Title 15Criminal Procedure

Ch. 11Preliminary Hearings

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 15-11-14 (2026).

Text

(a)Any witness required under this chapter to enter into an undertaking, with or without surety, may be committed to jail on failure or refusal to do so.

(b)In cases arising under subsection (a) of this section, the court must state in the commitment the amount of the undertaking and whether surety is required; and the witness must be discharged by the sheriff on entering into the undertaking as required.

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(a) Any witness required under this chapter to enter into an undertaking, with or without surety, may be committed to jail on failure or refusal to do so.
(b) In cases arising under subsection (a) of this section, the court must state in the commitment the amount of the undertaking and whether surety is required; and the witness must be discharged by the sheriff on entering into the undertaking as required.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §§471, 472; Code 1867, §§4020, 4021; Code 1876, §§4690, 4691; Code 1886, §§4296, 4297; Code 1896, §§5245, 5246; Code 1907, §§7613, 7614; Code 1923, §§5246, 5247; Code 1940, T. 15, §§149, 150.)