Inadmissibility of Examination and Investigation Statements,

Ala. Code § 15-19-5 — under Title 15.

Ala. Code § 15-19-5

Admissions and Confessions; Consideration of Statements, Etc., at Time of Sentencing.

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.

History: (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 335, p. 4622, §3.)