Alabama § 15-15-40 Objection to Formation of Grand Jury or Indictment Generally

Alabama Statutes

§ 15-15-40 — Objection to Formation of Grand Jury or Indictment Generally

Alabama § 15-15-40

Title 15Criminal Procedure

Ch. 15Pleading

Art. 3Pleas in Abatement

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Ala. Code § 15-15-40 (2026).

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(a)No objection to an indictment on any ground going to the formation of the grand jury which found the same can be taken to the indictment except by a plea in abatement to the indictment, and no objection can be taken to an indictment by a plea in abatement except upon the ground that the grand jurors who found the indictment were not drawn by the officer designated by law to draw the same; but neither this objection nor any other can be taken to the formation of a special grand jury summoned by the direction of the court.

(b)No objection can be taken to an indictment, by plea in abatement or otherwise, on the ground that any member of the grand jury was not legally qualified, that the grand jurors were not legally drawn or summoned or on any other ground going to the formation of the g

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(a) No objection to an indictment on any ground going to the formation of the grand jury which found the same can be taken to the indictment except by a plea in abatement to the indictment, and no objection can be taken to an indictment by a plea in abatement except upon the ground that the grand jurors who found the indictment were not drawn by the officer designated by law to draw the same; but neither this objection nor any other can be taken to the formation of a special grand jury summoned by the direction of the court.
(b) No objection can be taken to an indictment, by plea in abatement or otherwise, on the ground that any member of the grand jury was not legally qualified, that the grand jurors were not legally drawn or summoned or on any other ground going to the formation of the grand jury except that the jurors were not drawn in the presence of the officers designated by law; and neither this objection nor any other can be taken to the formation of a special grand jury summoned by the direction of the court.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §635; Code 1867, §4187; Code 1876, §4889; Code 1886, §4445; Code 1896, §5269; Code 1907, §7572; Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §§5202, 8630; Code 1940, T. 15, §§278, 285.)