When two or more defendants are jointly indicted, the court may direct a verdict of acquittal to be entered in favor of any one of them against whom there is not, in the opinion of the court, evidence to put him on his defense; and, being acquitted, he may be a witness.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 21 - Evidence and Witnesses.
Section 12-21-221 - Witness Having Pecuniary Interest in Case.
Section 12-21-222 - Accomplice's Testimony for Felony Conviction.
Section 12-21-223 - Discharged Codefendant as Witness for Prosecution.
Section 12-21-224 - Acquitted Codefendant as Witness.
Section 12-21-225 - Testimony for State or Defendant by Convict.
Section 12-21-226 - Wife Against Husband in Abandonment Cases.
Section 12-21-227 - Husband and Wife for or Against One Another.