AL SB392

Applies to criminal cases involving charges of murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, or assault in the first degree where the defendant asserts self-defense.

Requires the prosecutor to notify the defendant if intending to introduce as evidence any emergency call to law enforcement or 911 made by the defendant contemporaneously with the alleged event.

Establishes a rebuttable presumption that emergency calls made by the defendant are inadmissible as evidence by the state.

Court may allow the evidence and rebut the presumption only if it finds a material issue of fact exists regarding whether the call is materially relevant to the defendant's self-defense claim.

Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.