Corroborative Evidence Prerequisite to Admission of Statement

Ala. Code § 15-25-34, under The Child and Protected Person Physical and Sexual Abuse, and Violent Offense Victim Protection Act.

Ala. Code § 15-25-34

Before a statement may be admitted pursuant to this article on the grounds that the declarant is unavailable as a witness, the statement may be admitted only if there is corroborative evidence of the act. (Acts 1989, No. 89-876, p. 1754, §4.5; Act 2022-201, §2.)