US Lawyer Database

For Lawyer-Seekers

YOU DESERVE THE BEST LAWYER

Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Alabama » Title 12 - Courts. » Chapter 16 - Juries. » Article 7 - Oaths of Jurors. » Section 12-16-173 – Reversal of Criminal Cases Appealed to Court of Criminal Appeals on Ground of Defect in Administration of Oath to Grand or Petit Juries.

Section 12-16-173

Reversal of criminal cases appealed to Court of Criminal Appeals on ground of defect in administration of oath to grand or petit juries.

No criminal case taken by appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals shall be reversed because of any defect in the administration of the oath to any grand or petit jury, unless the record in the case discloses the fact that some objection was taken in the court below during the progress of the trial, based on such defect.

(Code 1886, §4329; Code 1896, §5014; Code 1907, §7274; Code 1923, §8609; Code 1940, T. 30, §59.)