Code of Alabama - Title 12: Courts - Section 12-16-12 - When charge must be written and filed in record
Section 12-16-12 - When charge must be written and filed in record.
The charge of the judge must be taken down by the court reporter or by some stenographer appointed by the court and reduced to writing and filed as a part of the record proper of the case, unless both parties or their counsel waive the reporting and making the charge a part of the record.