Section 13A-5-56

Supreme court to promulgate indictment forms, verdict forms and jury instructions.

The Alabama Supreme Court shall promulgate pattern indictment forms for use in cases in which indictments charging offenses defined in Section 13A-5-40(a) are thereafter returned. The Alabama Supreme Court shall also promulgate pattern verdict forms and pattern jury instructions for the trial and sentencing aspects of cases tried thereafter under this article, insofar as such verdicts and instructions relate to the particularities of cases tried under this article.

(Acts 1981, No. 81-178, §18.)