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28-4-316
Section 28-4-316 Grand jury proceedings generally - Effect of failure of person to attend and
testify in obedience to summons. Any person who is summoned as a witness before the grand
jury to answer as to any violation of law for the suppression of intemperance or prohibiting
the manufacture, sale or other disposition of prohibited liquors or beverages or the keeping
or maintaining of any unlawful drinking place, or liquor nuisance and who fails or refuses
to attend and testify in obedience to such summons without good cause, to be determined by
the court, is guilty of contempt and also of a misdemeanor and, on conviction of such misdemeanor,
must be fined not less than $20.00 nor more than $300.00 and may also be imprisoned in the
county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than three months, at the
discretion of the court. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Code 1923, §4633; Code 1940, T. 29,
§109.)...
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6-6-334
Section 6-6-334 Failure of witnesses to attend or refusal to testify. (a) Any witness, duly
subpoenaed and failing to attend or refusing to testify may be fined by the district court
judge not exceeding $100, for the use of the county, for which he may issue execution directed
to the constable. (b) The judgment specified in subsection (a) of this section must not be
made absolute until 10 days after service of a written notice on such witness, informing him
of the entry of such judgment. (Code 1852, §§2869, 2870; Code 1867, §§3318, 3319; Code
1876, §§3715, 3716; Code 1886, §§3394, 3395; Code 1896, §§2141, 2142; Code 1907, §§4277,
4278; Code 1923, §§8018, 8019; Code 1940, T. 7, §§981, 982.)...
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22-50-22
Section 22-50-22 Exemption of superintendent and physician of state mental health facilities
from attending as witnesses. Neither the superintendent nor a physician of a state mental
health facility or hospital shall be compelled to attend as a witness to testify as an expert
in any case or on any question of insanity or psychological medicine in the state; provided,
that he shall certify, in writing, within 10 days after the service of the summons, that his
absence from the facility or hospital, in his best judgment, will interfere with his or her
professional duties and the welfare of the patients under his care. But defendants in criminal
cases and the state by the consent of the defendant and, in civil cases, either party may
take the deposition of the superintendent or of any of the physicians as to all matters involving
his or their expert opinion when such testimony is admissible. (Code 1896, §2571; Code 1907,
§875; Code 1923, §1460; Code 1940, T. 45, §226.)...
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26-2B-106
Section 26-2B-106 Taking testimony in another state. (a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding,
in addition to other procedures that may be available, testimony of a witness who is located
in another state may be offered by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony
taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a witness
be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the
testimony is to be taken. (b) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, a court in this
state may permit a witness located in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone
or audiovisual or other electronic means. A court of this state shall cooperate with the court
of the other state in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.
(c) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by technological
means that do not produce an original writing may not...
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13A-10-123
Section 13A-10-123 Intimidating a witness. (a) A person commits the crime of intimidating a
witness if he attempts, by use of a threat directed to a witness or a person he believes will
be called as a witness in any official proceedings, to: (1) Corruptly influence the testimony
of that person; (2) Induce that person to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or
(3) Induce that person to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been
legally summoned. (b) "Threat," as used in this section, means any threat proscribed
by Section 13A-6-25 on criminal coercion. (c) Intimidating a witness is a Class C felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5015.)...
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12-21-281
Section 12-21-281 Definitions. 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.)...
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26-2B-105
Section 26-2B-105 Cooperation between courts. (a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding
in this state, a court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to
do any of the following: (1) Hold an evidentiary hearing. (2) Order a person in that state
to produce evidence or give testimony pursuant to procedures of that state. (3) Order that
an evaluation or assessment be made of the respondent. (4) Order any appropriate investigation
of a person involved in a proceeding. (5) Forward to the court of this state a certified copy
of the transcript or other record of a hearing under paragraph (1) or any other proceeding,
any evidence otherwise produced under paragraph (2), and any evaluation or assessment prepared
in compliance with an order under paragraph (3) or (4). (6) Issue any order necessary to assure
the appearance in the proceeding of a person whose presence is necessary for the court to
make a determination, including the respondent or the incapacitated or...
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12-16-76
Section 12-16-76 Insufficient number of qualified jurors to form juries. Whenever there are
not enough qualified jurors in attendance upon the court to form the juries required, the
judge of the court shall cause to be provided from the master jury list names of as many prospective
jurors as the judge deems necessary to complete the empaneling of all juries then required.
The court shall forthwith cause to be summoned all prospective jurors thus drawn to attend
court when required, and they may be summoned by personal service or by telephone. The court
shall then proceed to empanel or complete the empaneling of the juries as provided in this
article. If, prior to commencement of striking, due to challenges for cause or for any other
reason, the number of names on the lists from which the parties are to strike is reduced below
the minimums established in Rule 18.4, Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure, in criminal cases
or Rule 47, Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, in civil cases, unless...
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15-5-50
Section 15-5-50 Warrant for tracking device installation; requirements; procedures. (a) Any
circuit or district court judge in this state is authorized to issue a warrant to install
a tracking device. The term tracking device means an electronic or mechanical device which
permits the tracking of the movement of a person or object. (b) Upon the written application,
under oath, of any law enforcement officer as defined in Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure
1.4, district attorney, or Attorney General of the state, including assistant and deputy district
attorneys and assistant and deputy attorneys general, any authorized judge may issue a warrant
for the installation, retrieval, maintenance, repair, use, or monitoring of a tracking device.
The warrant application shall do all of the following: (1) State facts sufficient to show
probable cause that a crime is being, has been, or is about to be committed in the jurisdiction
of the issuing judge. (2) Identify the person, if reasonably...
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15-23-69
Section 15-23-69 Testimony concerning information about victim; information about victim in
court file. (a) Based upon the reasonable apprehension of the victim of acts or threats of
physical violence or intimidation by the defendant, the family of the defendant, or by anyone
at the direction of the defendant, against the victim or the immediate family of the victim,
the prosecutor may petition the court to direct that the victim or any other witness not be
compelled to testify during pre-trial proceedings or to any trial, facts that could divulge
the identity, residence, or place of employment of the victim, or other related information
without consent of the victim unless necessary to the prosecution of the criminal proceeding.
If the court schedules a hearing on the merits of the petition, it shall be held in camera.
(b) The address, phone number, place of employment, and other related information about the
victim contained in the court file shall not be public record. (Acts 1995,...
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