No person shall be convicted of perjury if he retracted his false statement in the course of the same proceeding in which it was made before it became manifest that the falsification was or would be exposed. Statements made in separate hearings at separate stages of the same trial or administrative proceeding shall be deemed to have been made in the course of the same proceeding. The burden of injecting the issue of retraction is on the defendant, but this does not shift the burden of proof.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration.
Article 5 - Perjury and Related Offenses.
Section 13A-10-100 - Definitions.
Section 13A-10-101 - Perjury in the First Degree.
Section 13A-10-102 - Perjury in the Second Degree.
Section 13A-10-103 - Perjury in the Third Degree.
Section 13A-10-105 - Corroboration Required for Perjury Conviction; Exception.
Section 13A-10-106 - Denial of Guilt in Previous Trial Not to Be Prosecuted as Perjury.
Section 13A-10-107 - When Retraction of False Statement Bar to Perjury Conviction.
Section 13A-10-108 - Irregularities No Defense to Perjury Prosecution.