Alabama § 15-2-27 Issuance of Subpoenas for Trial Witnesses

Alabama Statutes

§ 15-2-27 — Issuance of Subpoenas for Trial Witnesses

Alabama § 15-2-27

Title 15Criminal Procedure

Ch. 2Jurisdiction and Venue

Art. 2Change of Venue

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 15-2-27 (2026).

Text

At any time before the delivery of the transcript to the clerk of the court to which the trial is removed, subpoenas for witnesses must be issued, on the application of either the defendant or the district attorney, by the clerk of the court in which the indictment was found, commanding such witnesses to appear at the court to which the trial is removed, which subpoenas must be executed by the sheriff and returned to the clerk of the latter court; and the clerk of the court to which the trial is removed must, after the delivery of the transcript to him, issue the subpoenas for witnesses.

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At any time before the delivery of the transcript to the clerk of the court to which the trial is removed, subpoenas for witnesses must be issued, on the application of either the defendant or the district attorney, by the clerk of the court in which the indictment was found, commanding such witnesses to appear at the court to which the trial is removed, which subpoenas must be executed by the sheriff and returned to the clerk of the latter court; and the clerk of the court to which the trial is removed must, after the delivery of the transcript to him, issue the subpoenas for witnesses.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §658; Code 1867, §4210; Code 1876, §4915; Code 1886, §4489; Code 1896, §5313; Code 1907, §7856; Code 1923, §5585; Code 1940, T. 15, §273.)