Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-19-5 (2026)
Inadmissibility of Examination and Investigation Statements, Admissions and Confessions; Consideration of Statements, Etc., at Time of Sentencing.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
No statement, admission or confession made by a defendant to the court or to any officer thereof during the examination and investigation referred to in Section 15-19-1 shall be admissible as evidence against him or his interest; provided, however, that the court may take such statement, admission or confession into consideration at the time of sentencing after the defendant has been found guilty of a crime or adjudged a youthful offender.
(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 335, p. 4622, §3.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1984–2026 · leading case: United States v. W.B.H., 664 F.3d 848 (11th Cir. 2011).
United States v. W.B.H., 664 F.3d 848 (11th Cir. 2011). “The benefits of youthful of *858 fender treatment are many and include a bar against use of incriminating statements or confessions in determining guilt, Ala.Code § 15-19-5, a maximum sentence of three years regardless of the crime, id.”
Coleman v. State, 452 So. 2d 1355 (Ala. Crim. App. 1984). “” *1358 Alabama Code Section 15-19-5 (1975) provides: “No statement, admission or confession made by a defendant to the court or to any officer thereof during the examination and investigation referred to in section 15-19-1 (for determining whether an individual should be tried…”
Michael Carvese Williams v. State of Alabama (Ala. Crim. App. 2023). “He argued that the probative value of the evidence was substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, that there was no purpose to be served in admitting the evidence, and that the evidence was barred by § 15-19-5, Ala. Code 1975, because, he said, he had been…”
Marco Antonio Perez v. State of Alabama (Ala. Crim. App. 2026). “Perez's entire argument in his original brief appears to be that because he was granted YO status in those cases, according to § 15-19-5, Ala. Code 1975, any reference to those adjudications was barred by law because, he says, "juvenile adjudications 'shall not be admissible as…”
United States v. W.B.H (11th Cir. 2011). “The benefits of youthful offender treatment are many and include a bar against use of incriminating statements or confessions in determining guilt, Ala. Code § 15-19-5 , a maximum sentence of three years regardless of the crime, id.”
United States v. W.B.H (11th Cir. 2011). “The benefits of youthful offender treatment are many and include a bar against use of incriminating statements or confessions in determining guilt, Ala. Code § 15-19-5 , a maximum sentence of three years regardless of the crime, id.”
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