{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-12-21-162","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 12-21-162","heading":"Witness Convicted of Crime.","body":"(a) No objection must be allowed to the competency of a witness because of his conviction for any crime, except perjury or subornation of perjury.\n(b) As affecting his credibility, a witness may be examined touching his conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude, and his answers may be contradicted by other evidence.","path":["Title 12 Courts.","Chapter 21 Evidence and Witnesses.","Article 1 General Provisions.","Division 2 Witnesses.","Division 2 Competency."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=12-21-162","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"923e968642d451e5368c775e580c0912130186e2bdf9eef941e2ff4de11378e7","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-12-21-161","next":"us-al/ala.-code-12-21-163"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}