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AL Code § 12-21-222 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 1 - Competency.|Section 12-21-222 - Accomplice's Testimony for Felony Conviction.

Section 12-21-222Accomplice's testimony for felony conviction. A conviction of felony cannot be had on the testimony of an accomplice unless corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense, and such corroborative evidence, if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof, is not sufficient. (Code 1852, §641; Code 1867, §4193; Code 1876, §4895; Code 1886, §4476; Code 1896, §5300; Code 1907, §7897; Code 1923, §5635; Code 1940, T. 15, §307.)
AL Code § 12-21-223 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 1 - Competency.|Section 12-21-223 - Discharged Codefendant as Witness for Prosecution.

Section 12-21-223Discharged codefendant as witness for prosecution. When two or more defendants are jointly indicted, the court may, at any time before the evidence for the defense has commenced, order any defendant to be discharged from the indictment in order that he may be a witness for the prosecution, and such order operates as an acquittal of such defendant, provided he does testify. (Code 1852, §639; Code 1867, §4191; Code 1876, §4893; Code 1886, §4477; Code 1896, §5301; Code 1907, §7898; Code 1923, §5636; Code 1940, T. 15, §308.)
AL Code § 12-21-224 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 1 - Competency.|Section 12-21-224 - Acquitted Codefendant as Witness.

Section 12-21-224Acquitted codefendant as witness. When two or more defendants are jointly indicted, the court may direct a verdict of acquittal to be entered in favor of any one of them against whom there is not, in the opinion of the court, evidence to put him on his defense; and, being acquitted, he may be a witness. (Code 1852, §640; Code 1867, §4192; Code 1876, §4894; Code 1886, §4478; Code 1896, §5302; Code 1907, §7899; Code 1923, §5637; Code 1940, T. 15, §309.)
AL Code § 12-21-225 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 1 - Competency.|Section 12-21-225 - Testimony for State or Defendant by Convict.

Section 12-21-225Testimony for state or defendant by convict. (a) The presiding judge of any circuit court or district court having reason to believe that the testimony of any convict serving a sentence in the penitentiary or to hard labor for the county is necessary in any criminal prosecution for the state and that other evidence cannot be obtained on behalf of the state may order a writ to be issued by the clerk, commanding the Board of Corrections to have the convict before the court on a specified day to give testimony in the particular case for the state. Moreover, upon the sworn petition of the defendant in a criminal prosecution showing that a convict serving sentence in the penitentiary knows facts which would be beneficial to him, the judge may, if he believes the ends of justice will be served thereby, order the issuance of such a writ to secure the appearance of the convict to testify on behalf of the defendant. The writ shall be served on the board at least one week before the day appointed to have the witness in court; and the board must have the convict before the court on the specified day in accordance with the mandate of the writ, employing a trustworthy deputy, with a sufficient guard, to convey such convict to the court. After he has testified, the convict must be returned forthwith to the place from which he was brought. (b) For conveying any convict under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the board is entitled to the actual expenses incurred in such removal, including the hire of necessary guards and their expenses; the guards and the convict are subject to the same liabilities and penalties for an escape or attempt to escape; and the sheriff or jailer of the county must, on demand of the officer having charge of the convict, receive and safely keep such convict in the county jail during his attendance on the court or while delayed in passing through the county and is entitled to the usual legal charge for feeding prisoners. (Code 1852, §§365, 366; Code 1867, §§3913, 3914; Code 1876, §§4611, 4612; Code 1886, §§4631, 4632; Code 1896, §§4506, 4507; Code 1907, §§6560, 6561; Code 1923, §§3657, 3658; Code 1940, T. 45, §§61, 62; Acts 1949, No. 51, p. 76.)
AL Code § 12-21-226 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 1 - Competency.|Section 12-21-226 - Wife Against Husband in Abandonment Cases.

Section 12-21-226Wife against husband in abandonment cases. In all cases where a husband is charged with abandoning his family and leaving them in danger of becoming a burden to the public, the wife shall be competent witness against her husband. (Code 1907, §7900; Code 1923, §5638; Code 1940, T. 15, §310.)
AL Code § 12-21-227 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 1 - Competency.|Section 12-21-227 - Husband and Wife for or Against One Another.

Section 12-21-227Husband and wife for or against one another. The husband and wife may testify either for or against each other in criminal cases, but shall not be compelled so to do. (Acts 1915, No. 826, p. 942; Code 1923, §5639; Code 1940, T. 15, §311.)
AL Code § 12-21-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 2 - Attendance.|Section 12-21-240 - Attendance of Witnesses - Generally.

Section 12-21-240Attendance of witnesses - Generally. Witnesses must be subpoenaed to attend court on the day on which the case is set for trial in which they are subpoenaed as witnesses and to attend from day to day until discharged by law by the court or by the party by whom they are summoned as witnesses. Witnesses appearing on a given date may be ordered by the court to attend court on a subsequent day fixed or named by the court. (Code 1852, §666; Code 1867, §4218; Code 1876, §4924; Code 1886, §4461; Code 1896, §5285; Code 1907, §7882; Code 1923, §5620; Acts 1931, No. 575, p. 668; Code 1940, T. 15, §295.)
AL Code § 12-21-241 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 2 - Attendance.|Section 12-21-241 - Attendance of Witnesses - Where Case Continued.

Section 12-21-241Attendance of witnesses - Where case continued. Where a case has been continued, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the circuit court or district court to issue a subpoena for all witnesses in such case when it is next set, and it shall be the duty of the sheriff to execute such subpoena by summoning the witnesses named therein. The circuit clerk shall, for the services required of him by this section, receive the same compensation that he receives for issuing the original subpoenas, and the sheriff shall receive the same compensation that he receives for serving the original summons. The costs accruing from the services performed as provided in this section shall be taxed and paid as other costs are taxed and paid in criminal cases. (Code 1852, §666; Code 1867, §4218; Code 1876, §4924; Code 1886, §4461; Code 1896, §5285; Code 1907, §7882; Code 1923, §5620; Acts 1931, No. 575, p. 668; Code 1940, T. 15, §295.)
AL Code § 12-21-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 2 - Attendance.|Section 12-21-242 - Attendance of Witnesses - on Remand for New Trial.

Section 12-21-242Attendance of witnesses - On remand for new trial. Where a case has been remanded by the appropriate appellate court for a new trial, the clerk of the court to which said case has been remanded must issue subpoenas for all the witnesses in the case in the same manner as if the case had been continued. (Code 1852, §666; Code 1867, §4218; Code 1876, §4924; Code 1886, §4461; Code 1896, §5285; Code 1907, §7882; Code 1923, §5620; Acts 1931, No. 575, p. 668; Code 1940, T. 15, §295.)
AL Code § 12-21-243 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 2 - Attendance.|Section 12-21-243 - Subpoena of Witnesses - Grand Jury Appearance.

Section 12-21-243Subpoena of witnesses - Grand jury appearance. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the circuit court to issue subpoenas for any necessary witnesses to be and appear before the grand jury without application having been made for such witnesses by the grand jury. (Acts 1931, No. 574, p. 668; Code 1940, T. 15, §292.)
AL Code § 12-21-244 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 2 - Attendance.|Section 12-21-244 - Subpoena of Witnesses - Trial Appearance.

Section 12-21-244Subpoena of witnesses - Trial appearance. (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. (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.)
AL Code § 12-21-245 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 2 - Attendance.|Section 12-21-245 - Subpoena of Witnesses - Authority of District Attorney.

Section 12-21-245Subpoena of witnesses - Authority of district attorney. The district attorney also has authority to issue subpoenas for witnesses on the part of the state, to appear either before the grand jury or before any court in his circuit. (Code 1852, §664; Code 1867, §4216; Code 1876, §4921; Code 1886, §4459; Code 1896, §5283; Code 1907, §7880; Code 1923, §5618; Code 1940, T. 15, §293.)
AL Code § 12-21-247 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 2 - Attendance.|Section 12-21-247 - Conditional Judgment Against Defaulting Witnesses - Entry.

Section 12-21-247Conditional judgment against defaulting witnesses - Entry. Any witness who is duly summoned in a criminal case and who fails to appear as commanded shall forfeit $100.00 to the party at whose instance he was summoned, for which a conditional judgment must be entered against him. (Code 1852, §672; Code 1867, §4224; Code 1876, §4929; Code 1886, §4470; Code 1896, §5294; Code 1907, §7891; Code 1923, §5629; Code 1940, T. 15, §302.)
AL Code § 12-21-248 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 2 - Attendance.|Section 12-21-248 - Conditional Judgment Against Defaulting Witnesses - Notice; When Made Absolute.

Section 12-21-248Conditional judgment against defaulting witnesses - Notice; when made absolute. Where a conditional judgment has been entered against a defaulting witness in a criminal case, if he does not appear before the docket then in process of being heard is completed and show a sufficient cause for his default, a notice must be issued by the clerk of the court within 30 days notifying him of the entry of such conditional judgment and that the same will be made absolute at the expiration of 30 days from the date of service of said notice unless he appears and shows sufficient excuse for his default, which notice must be served by the sheriff and return thereof made to the clerk. If he fails to appear as required or fails to show sufficient excuse for his default, to be determined by the court, the judgment must be made absolute against him. (Code 1852, §673; Code 1867, §4225; Code 1876, §4930; Code 1886, §4471; Code 1896, §5295; Code 1907, §7892; Code 1923, §5630; Code 1940, T. 15, §303.)
AL Code § 12-21-249 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 2 - Attendance.|Section 12-21-249 - Conditional Judgment Against Defaulting Witnesses - Effect of Two Notices Returned "Not found."

Section 12-21-249Conditional judgment against defaulting witnesses - Effect of two notices returned "not found." If two notices of the entry of such conditional judgment are returned "not found" by the proper officer, such returns are equivalent to personal service, and the judgment may be made absolute thereon. (Code 1852, §674; Code 1867, §4226; Code 1876, §4931; Code 1886, §4472; Code 1896, §5296; Code 1907, §7893; Code 1923, §5631; Code 1940, T. 15, §304.)
AL Code § 12-21-263 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 3 - Depositions.|Section 12-21-263 - Taking Testimony of Convict in Penitentiary on Interrogatories by Defendant.

Section 12-21-263Taking testimony of convict in penitentiary on interrogatories by defendant. 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. (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.)
AL Code § 12-21-280 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 4 - Securing Attendance of Out-of-State Witnesses.|Section 12-21-280 - Short Title.

Section 12-21-280Short title. This subdivision may be cited as the "Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without a State in Criminal Proceedings." (Acts 1977, No. 638, p. 1084, §6.)
AL Code § 12-21-281 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 4 - Securing Attendance of Out-of-State Witnesses.|Section 12-21-281 - Definitions.

Section 12-21-281Definitions. As used in this subdivision, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) WITNESS. A person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal action, prosecution or proceeding. (2) STATE. Any state or territory of the United States and the District of Columbia. (3) SUMMONS. A subpoena, order or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness. (Acts 1977, No. 638, p. 1084, §1.)
AL Code § 12-21-283 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 4 - Securing Attendance of Out-of-State Witnesses.|Section 12-21-283 - Procedure for Securing Attendance of Witness in Another State at Criminal Proceedings, etc., Within State; Fees and Allowances; Effect of Failure of Summoned Witness to Attend and Testify.

Section 12-21-283Procedure for securing attendance of witness in another state at criminal proceedings, etc., within state; fees and allowances; effect of failure of summoned witness to attend and testify. (a) If a person in any state which, by its laws, has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal proceedings or grand jury investigations commenced or about to be commenced in this state is a material witness in a criminal proceeding pending in a court of record in this state or in a grand jury investigation which has commenced or is about to commence, a judge of such court may issue a certificate under the seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the witness will be required. Said certificate may include a recommendation that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of this state to assure his attendance in this state. This certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the county in which the witness is found. (b) If said certificate recommends that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of this state to assure his attendance in this state, the judge of the court of record where the certificate is presented shall order that said witness be taken into custody and delivered to an officer of this state, which order shall be sufficient authority to such officer to take such witness into custody and hold him unless and until he may be released by bail, recognizance or order of the judge issuing the certificate. This certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the county in which the witness resides or is found if he is not a resident of that state. (c) If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in this state, he shall be tendered the sum of $.15 a mile for each mile traveled by the ordinary route to and from the court where the proceeding is pending and $15.00 for each day that he is required to travel and attend as a witness, to be paid out of the district attorney's fund or such other fund as may be provided therefor upon the direction of the district attorney. A witness who has appeared in accordance with the provisions of the summons shall not be required to remain within the state a longer period of time than the period mentioned in the certificate, unless otherwise ordered by the court. (d) If such witness, after coming into this state, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, he shall be punished in the manner prescribed for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court of record in this state. (Acts 1977, No. 638, p. 1084, §3.)
AL Code § 12-21-284 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 4 - Securing Attendance of Out-of-State Witnesses.|Section 12-21-284 - Exemption From Arrest or Service of Process of Persons Coming Into or Passing Through State in Obedience to Summons to Attend and Testify.

Section 12-21-284Exemption from arrest or service of process of persons coming into or passing through state in obedience to summons to attend and testify. (a) If a person comes into this state in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in this state, he shall not while in this state pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this state under the summons. (b) If a person passes through this state while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that state or while returning therefrom, he shall not while so passing through this state be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this state under the summons. (Acts 1977, No. 638, p. 1084, §4.)
AL Code § 12-21-285 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 4 - Securing Attendance of Out-of-State Witnesses.|Section 12-21-285 - Construction of Subdivision.

Section 12-21-285Construction of subdivision. This subdivision shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of the states which enact it. (Acts 1977, No. 638, p. 1084, §5.)
AL Code § 12-21-300 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 5 - Certificate of Analysis.|Section 12-21-300 - Offering of Certificate of Analysis in Lieu of Testimony.

Section 12-21-300Offering of certificate of analysis in lieu of testimony. (a) In any criminal case, or juvenile or family court case which is of a criminal nature, the prosecuting authority may offer a certificate of analysis as described below, in lieu of direct testimony. The court shall receive as evidence the certificate of analysis from any of the following: (1) A person performing an analysis or examination in any laboratory operated by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences or authorized by the department to conduct an analysis or examination of the type performed. (2) A person performing an analysis or examination in any criminalistics laboratory established pursuant to federal law. (b) To be admissible pursuant to this section, a certificate of analysis shall contain all of the following: (1) The date and time the evidence was delivered to the facility. (2) The name of the person making the delivery, and the name of the person receiving the delivery. (3) A brief description of the evidence. (4) The type of examination or analysis requested. (5) The name of the person making the examination or analysis. (6) The date or dates of the examination or analysis. (7) The results of the examination or analysis. The certificate of analysis shall give the name and address of the facility in which the examination or analysis was made, and it shall be signed by and sworn to as true and correct, under penalty of law, by the person making the examination or analysis. (Acts 1995, No. 95-743, p. 1688, §1.)
AL Code § 12-21-301 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 2 - Witnesses.|Division 5 - Certificate of Analysis.|Section 12-21-301 - Notice of Intent to Offer Proof by Certificate of Analysis.

Section 12-21-301Notice of intent to offer proof by certificate of analysis. The party seeking to introduce a certificate of analysis shall not less than 40 days prior to the commencement of the hearing or trial, give written notice to all parties of intent to offer proof by a certificate of analysis. The notice shall include a copy of the certificate of analysis. (Acts 1995, No. 95-743, p. 1688, §2.)