12-16-223
Section 12-16-223 Critical reports prohibited without indictment, etc.; judge to expunge record;
exception. Grand juries shall make no reports critical of any citizen of this state without
returning an indictment or bill of impeachment against the same. It shall be the duty of the
circuit judges of the respective judicial circuits of this state, on their own motion, to
expunge from any such grand jury report any and all such critical portions unless there has
been an indictment or bill of impeachment returned against the person or persons affected.
Provided however, this section shall not be construed to prohibit a grand jury from examining
and reporting upon the condition of any public facility, agency or account or the books and
records thereof, where such examination and reporting is specifically authorized by statute.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-457, p. 745, §10.)...
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12-16-86
Section 12-16-86 Performance of act with intent to affect fair drawing of jury by probate judge,
jury commissioner, county commissioner, etc. Any person who does an act calculated to affect
the fair drawing of a jury and with intent to affect the same shall, on conviction, be fined
not less than $200.00 nor more than $1,000.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail
for not more than six months, and if such person is a probate judge, sheriff or clerk of the
circuit court or jury commissioner or a member of a county commission, his office shall be
thereby vacated and shall be filled as in other cases of vacancy, on such conviction's being
certified to the appointing power by the presiding judge or the clerk of the court in which
it is had. (Code 1852, §543; Code 1867, §4093; Code 1876, §4766; Code 1886, §3923; Code
1896, §5100; Code 1907, §7480; Code 1923, §5072; Code 1940, T. 30, §51.)...
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12-16-89
Section 12-16-89 Negligent failure of sheriff or deputy to summon juror. If the sheriff or
any deputy shall negligently fail to summon any person to serve as a juror whom he is commanded
to summon, he shall be held and deemed guilty of a contempt of court and shall be fined not
more than $100.00 in every case where the person is not so served, and he may also be imprisoned
in the county jail for not more than five days. The return of any such person as "not
found" shall be prima facie evidence of negligence on the part of the sheriff or deputy
making the return, and he shall be punished by the court unless the court is reasonably satisfied
from evidence produced that he was not negligent. (Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923,
§§8620, 8621; Code 1940, T. 30, §§36, 37.)...
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12-17-188
Section 12-17-188 Suspension from office - Indictment pending. When it shall be made known
to any court that an indictment is pending therein against the person who is acting as district
attorney of the county in which the court is held, the court shall make an order suspending
such district attorney. The district attorney so suspended shall not act as district attorney
until such order of suspension shall be set aside. (Code 1876, §776; Code 1886, §4251; Code
1896, §5523; Code 1907, §7788; Code 1923, §5506; Code 1940, T. 13, §237.)...
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12-17-220
Section 12-17-220 Powers of district attorneys as to employment, compensation, etc., of assistants,
investigators, etc., to serve at district attorney's pleasure; such employees not covered
by State Merit System Act; supplementation of state expenditures, etc., by counties. (a) The
district attorney of each judicial circuit is hereby authorized to employ, in any manner as
he or she shall determine necessary, assistant district attorneys, investigators, clerical,
secretarial, and other personnel, who shall be paid from funds available for that purpose.
Unless otherwise provided by local law for Talladega County, all of these employees shall
serve at the pleasure of the district attorney and shall not be considered employees under
the State Merit System Act. (b) The district attorney is authorized to supplement the salaries
of personnel employed within his or her office. (c) The district attorney is authorized to
use funds available to him or her from all sources such as grants,...
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15-10-70
Section 15-10-70 Duty of arresting officer and sheriff of other county. When any person charged
with the commission of any offense is arrested in any county other than that in which he is
triable by an officer of the county in which he is arrested, such arresting officer shall
immediately commit him to a jail or guardhouse nearest to the place of arrest, and the sheriff
of such county shall at once notify the sheriff of the county in which such person is triable
of the fact of such arrest and confinement. (Code 1886, §4549; Code 1896, §4960; Code 1907,
§§6639, 7205; Code 1923, §§3743, 4815; Code 1940, T. 15, §180.)...
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15-11-15
Section 15-11-15 Court to report when person held on indictment; report when no committals.
(a) When any person is held by a district court to answer an indictment for a public offense,
it is the duty of such court to return to the district attorney immediately after the order
holding or committing such person the affidavit and warrant of arrest, with a transcript of
the docket, a list of the state's witnesses and all costs and all undertakings of bail by
parties or witnesses in the case. (b) When there has been no such committals since the last
session of the circuit court, the district court shall make a report of that fact to the district
attorney. (Code 1852, §473; Code 1867, §4022; Code 1876, §4692; Code 1886, §4298; Code
1896, §5247; Code 1907, §7615; Code 1923, §5248; Code 1940, T. 15, §151.)...
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15-13-149
Section 15-13-149 Order of release. A judicial officer authorizing the release of a person
shall issue an appropriate order containing a statement of the conditions imposed, and shall
advise the person that a warrant of arrest or other court order shall be issued against the
person terminating the release and committing the person to jail upon any violation of the
conditions of the release. The court shall provide a copy of the order to the defendant and
shall serve a copy on the district attorney, or prosecuting officer of the court and the person's
counsel of record, if any. (Acts 1993, No. 93-677, p. 1259, §50.)...
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15-18-84
Section 15-18-84 Rearrest and execution of person escaping before execution. (a) If a condemned
person escapes after sentence and before his delivery to the warden from Holman prison and
is not rearrested until after the time fixed for execution, any person may arrest and commit
him to the jail of the county in which he was sentenced. Thereupon, the court by whom the
condemned was sentenced, on notice of such arrest being given by the sheriff, shall again
appoint a time for the execution, not less than 30 days from such appointment, which appointment
shall be by the clerk of said court immediately certified to the warden of Holman prison.
Such clerk shall place such certificate in the hands of the sheriff, who shall deliver the
same, together with the warrant for execution and the condemned person to the warden, who
shall receipt the sheriff for the same and proceed at the appointed time to carry the sentence
of death into execution as hereinabove provided. (b) If a condemned person...
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17-17-5
Section 17-17-5 Improper use of state property, time, etc., for political activities (a) No
person in the employment of the State of Alabama, a county, a city, a local school board,
or any other governmental agency, whether classified or unclassified, shall use any state,
county, city, local school board, or other governmental agency funds, property, or time, for
any political activities. (b)(1) No person in the employment of the State of Alabama, a county,
a city, a local school board, or any other governmental agency may arrange by salary deduction
or otherwise for any payments to a political action committee or arrange by salary deduction
or otherwise for any payments for the dues of any person so employed to a membership organization
which uses any portion of the dues for political activity. For purposes of this subsection
only, political activity shall be limited to all of the following: a. Making contributions
to or contracting with any entity which engages in any form of...
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