Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 12-21-135 (2026)

How Testimony Given.

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All testimony, except as otherwise directed, must be given in open court on the oath or affirmation of the witness.

(Code 1852, §2301; Code 1867, §2703; Code 1876, §3057; Code 1886, §2763; Code 1896, §1792; Code 1907, §3958; Code 1923, §7654; Code 1940, T. 7, §363.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1991–2008 · leading case: Franklin v. State, 23 So. 3d 694 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008).

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Franklin v. State, 23 So. 3d 694 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008). · cites it 4× “, §§ 12-21-135 and 12-21-165, Ala.Code 1975, and Hacker v.”

Ex Parte Nelson, 595 So. 2d 510 (Ala. 1991). · cites it 2× “"The oath, which can be traced back to Germanic law and custom, and in this state to § 2301 of the Alabama Code of 1852, now Ala.Code 1975, § 12-21-135, pits a witness's motive to falsify against his fear of divine punishment, and tends to make it less likely that he will bear…”

Young v. State, 598 So. 2d 1060 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992). “He cites § 12-21-135 and § 12-21-136, Code of Alabama 1975 , as his authority.”

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