Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-21-9 (2026)
Exclusion of Audience Where Evidence Vulgar, Etc.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
In all civil cases sounding in damages involving the question of rape, assault with intent to ravish, seduction, divorce or any other case where the evidence is vulgar, obscene or relates to the improper acts of the sexes and tends to debauch the morals of the young, the presiding judge shall have the right, in his discretion and on his own motion, or on motion of plaintiffs or defendants or their attorneys, to hear and try the case after clearing the courtroom of all or any portion of the audience whose presence is not necessary.
(Code 1907, §4019; Code 1923, §7733; Code 1940, T. 7, §365.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1990–1996 · leading case: Simmons v. Conger, 86 F.3d 1080 (11th Cir. 1996).
Simmons v. Conger, 86 F.3d 1080 (11th Cir. 1996). “Ala.Code § 12-21-9 (1995) (emphasis added).”
Ass'n for Child. for Enf't of Support, Inc. v. Conger, 899 F.2d 1164 (11th Cir. 1990). “Judge Conger moved the court either to abstain from deciding the case or to dismiss it for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.”
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