SB392 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Cam Ward

Republican

Co-Sponsors

J.T. WaggonerJerry L. Fielding

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Evidence, rebuttable presumption that an emergency call to a law enforcement agency or 911 by a defendant in certain criminal cases is inadmissible

Description

Under existing law, an emergency call to a law enforcement agency or 911 by a defendant in a criminal case may be admissible as evidence in the case.

This bill would establish a rebuttable presumption that an emergency call to law enforcement or 911 by a defendant in a murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, or assault in the first degree case in which deadly force was used that caused death or bodily injury to a victim is inadmissible under certain conditions.

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Subjects

Evidence