HB153 Alabama 2014 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Criminal procedure, hearsay statements of a child, admissible if child was under 12 years of age at the time statement was given, Sec. 15-25-31 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, out-of-court statements made by a child under 12 years of age at the time of a criminal proceeding concerning a crime involving a child physical offense, a sexual offense, or exploitation are admissible in evidence under certain conditions</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide that the statements would be admissible if the child was under 12 years of age at the time the statement was given</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 15-25-31, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the admissibility of an out-of-court statement of a child in certain criminal proceedings involving a child physical offense, a sexual offense, or exploitation; to provide that an out-of-court statement would be admissible under certain conditions if the child was under 12 years of age at the time the statement was given. </p>

Subjects

Evidence