Alabama § 13A-10-107 - When Retraction of False Statement Bar to Perjury Conviction.
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§ 13A-10-107. When Retraction of False Statement Bar to Perjury Conviction.
No person shall be convicted of perjury if he retracted his false statement in the course of the same proceeding in which it was made before it became manifest that the falsification was or would be exposed. Statements made in separate hearings at separate stages of the same trial or administrative proceeding shall be deemed to have been made in the course of the same proceeding. The burden of injecting the issue of retraction is on the defendant, but this does not shift the burden of proof.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13A-10-107 ("When Retraction of False Statement Bar to Perjury Conviction.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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