2019 Code of Alabama
Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.
Chapter 2A - Military Justice.
Part VII - Trial Procedure.
Section 31-2A-50 - (Article 50.) Admissibility of records of courts of inquiry.

Universal Citation:
AL Code § 31-2A-50 (2019)
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Section 31-2A-50(Article 50.) Admissibility of records of courts of inquiry.

(a) In any case not extending to the dismissal of a commissioned officer, the sworn testimony, contained in the duly authenticated record of proceedings of a court of inquiry, of a person whose oral testimony cannot be obtained, if otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, may be read in evidence by any party before a court-martial if the accused was a party before the court of inquiry and if the same issue was involved or if the accused consents to the introduction of such evidence.

(b) Such testimony may be read in evidence only by the defense in cases extending to the dismissal of a commissioned officer.

(c) Such testimony may also be read in evidence before a court of inquiry.

(Act 2012-334, p. 790, §1.)
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