Section 12-17-196
Restrictions on law partners defending criminal cases.
Any law partner or partners of any district attorney or assistant district attorney of this state who defend criminal cases of any character, kind or description in any court in this state in which said district attorney or assistant district attorney is the prosecuting officer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.00.
(Code 1907, §7794; Code 1923, §5514; Code 1940, T.13, §244.)