In the investigation of a charge for any indictable offense, the grand jury can receive no other evidence than is given by witnesses before them or furnished by legal documentary evidence, and any witness may be examined and compelled to testify as to any offense within his knowledge without being specially interrogated as to any particular person, time or place.
Ala. Code § 12-16-200
Evidence Which May Be Received by Grand Jury; Examination, Etc., of Witnesses.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 469 So. 2d 707 - Loper v. State (1985)
Most recently applied in 469 So. 2d 707 - Loper v. State (February 1985)
(Code 1852, §553; Code 1867, §4103; Code 1876, §4776; Code 1886, §4350; Code 1896, §5036; Code 1907, §7297; Code 1923, §8679; Code 1940, T. 30, §86.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.