{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-12-16-222","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 12-16-222","heading":"Right to Counsel Unaffected; Counsel Prohibited Within Jury.","body":"No provision of this division shall be construed to deny a witness or criminal defendant the right to confer with or be represented by counsel concerning his appearance within or testimony before a duly empaneled grand jury, provided however, nothing contained in this section shall be construed so as to permit or authorize such persons to be accompanied by counsel within a grand jury.","path":["Title 12 Courts.","Chapter 16 Juries.","Article 8 Empaneling, Proceedings, Etc., of Grand Juries.","Division 2 Secret Grand Jury Proceedings."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=12-16-222","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"903795d19d3dc27e244fc7b4d18b88c1773f0c2ef8a12f00b3ef9099c7109ed8","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-12-16-221","next":"us-al/ala.-code-12-16-223"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}