26-17A-1
Section 26-17A-1 Reopening of paternity case. (a) Upon petition of the defendant in a paternity proceeding where the defendant has been declared the legal father, the case shall be reopened if there is scientific evidence presented by the defendant that he is not the father. The court shall admit into evidence any scientific test recognized by the court that has been conducted in accordance with established scientific principles or the court may order a blood test, or a Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid test of the mother, father, and child. Whenever the court orders a test and any of the persons to be tested refuse to submit to the test, the fact shall be disclosed at the trial, unless good cause is shown. (b) The test shall be made by a qualified expert approved by the court. The expert may be called by the court or any party as a witness to testify to the test results and shall be subject to cross-examination by the parties. The test results may be admitted into evidence. If more than one...
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27-2-27
Section 27-2-27 Witnesses and evidence for examination, investigation, or hearing - Compelling testimony or production of documents, etc.; immunity from prosecution. (a) If any individual asks to be excused from attending or testifying or from producing any books, papers, records, contracts, correspondence, or other documents in connection with any examination, hearing, or investigation being conducted by the commissioner or his examiner on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture and shall, by the Attorney General, be directed to give such testimony or produce such evidence, he must nonetheless comply with such direction; but he shall not thereafter be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for, or on account of, any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may have so testified or produced evidence, and no testimony so given or evidence produced shall be received against him...
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28-4-319
Section 28-4-319 Grand jury proceedings generally - Duty of grand jury to present indictments for violations of laws. Grand juries shall have no discretion as to the finding of indictments for violations of the provisions of this chapter or for violations of the provisions of any law of the state for the promotion of temperance and the suppression of intemperance, and it shall be their duty, if the evidence justifies it, to find and present indictments for every such violation. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4637; Code 1940, T. 29, §112.)...
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34-24-381
Section 34-24-381 Penalties for violation of Section 34-24-360, rules, or regulations. (a) In addition to any other penalty authorized by Section 34-24-361 (h) the Medical Licensure Commission may in its discretion assess administrative fines not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation of any of the provisions of Section 34-24-360 or any rule or regulation duly promulgated by the commission. The Medical Licensure Commission may also in its discretion issue public or private reprimands, public or private censures, and may impose involuntary restrictions upon the certificate of qualification and/or license to practice medicine of any physician or osteopath for each violation of any of the provisions of Section 34-24-360. (b) In addition to the administrative fine authorized in subsection (a), the commission, upon application of the Board of Medical Examiners, may require a physician or osteopath found to be in violation of Section 34-24-360 to pay the costs, fees, and...
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34-27-68
Section 34-27-68 Commission may seek injunctive relief, etc., for violation of article; investigation; revocation of registration. (a) If it appears that a person, firm, corporation, or any business entity has engaged, or is about to engage, in an act or practice constituting a violation of a provision of this article or rule or order of the commission, the commission, through the Attorney General, may institute legal actions to enjoin the act or practice and to enforce compliance with this article or any rule or order of the commission or to have a receiver or conservator appointed. To prevail in such action, it shall not be necessary to allege or prove either that an adequate remedy at law does not exist or that substantial or irreparable damage would result from the continued violation thereof. (b) The commission may: (1) Make any public or private investigation which it deems necessary, either within or outside of this state, to determine whether any person has violated or is about...
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36-11-3
Section 36-11-3 Investigations of alleged misconduct or incompetency of public officers by grand juries; disposition of grand jury reports. It shall be the duty of every grand jury to investigate and make diligent inquiry concerning any alleged misconduct or incompetency of any public officer in the county which may be brought to its notice; and, if, on such investigation and inquiry, it finds that such officer, for any cause mentioned in this chapter, ought to be removed from office, it shall so report to the court, setting forth the facts, which report shall be entered on the minutes of the court. If the officer so reported against is one of those included in Section 174, Article 7, of the constitution, the clerk of the court shall transmit a certified copy of such report to the Attorney General. If the officer so reported against is the presiding judge of the court, the report must not be made to the court or entered on the minutes; and, in such cases, the report of the grand jury...
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36-19-18
Section 36-19-18 Fire Marshal may cause persons to be arrested and charged with offenses; furnishing of information to district attorneys having jurisdiction of offenses. If the Fire Marshal shall be of the opinion that there is evidence sufficient to charge any person with an offense, he shall cause such person to be arrested and charged with such an offense as the evidence may warrant and shall furnish to the district attorney of any court having jurisdiction of the offense all the information obtained by him, including a copy of all pertinent and material testimony taken, together with the names of the witnesses. (Acts 1919, No. 701, p. 1013, §9; Code 1923, §974; Code 1940, T. 55, §46.)...
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36-22-3
Section 36-22-3 Duties generally. (a) It shall be the duty of the sheriff: (1) To execute and return the process and orders of the courts of record of this state and of officers of competent authority with due diligence when delivered to him or her for that purpose, according to law. (2) To attend upon the circuit courts and district courts held in his or her county when in session and the courts of probate, when required by the judge of probate, and to obey the lawful orders and directions of such courts. (3) To, three days before each session of the circuit court in his or her county, render to the county treasury or custodian of county funds a statement in writing and on oath of the moneys received by him or her for the county, specifying the amount received in each case, from whom and pay the amount to the county treasurer or custodian of county funds. (4) To, with the assistance of deputies as necessary, ferret out crime, apprehend and arrest criminals and, insofar as within their...
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45-45-82.54
Section 45-45-82.54 Judicial Administration Fund. (a) The additional court costs or fees collected by the Circuit Court Clerk of Madison County shall be deposited into the Judicial Administration Fund, which is hereby created. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Madison County Commission use the proceeds from the Judicial Administration Fund to maintain current staffing levels in the District Attorney's Office and Judicial Branch of government in Madison County. (c) For the fiscal year commencing on October 1, 2004, the Madison County Commission shall appropriate from the Judicial Administration Fund one hundred fourteen thousand four hundred six dollars ($114,406) to the Madison County District Attorney's Office to hire two staff attorneys and support services for those attorneys. The Madison County Commission shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Administrative Office of Courts, effective November 27, 2003, that is necessary to maintain the current...
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45-7-82.20
Section 45-7-82.20 Definitions. For the purposes of this subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DISTRICT ATTORNEY. The District Attorney of the Second Judicial Circuit of the State of Alabama, or any of his or her staff. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT or LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any person who is employed by an agency or department whose purpose is to protect people. This may include, but is not limited to, police personnel, sheriff personnel, the coroner, the department of human resources personnel, parole and probation personnel, community corrections office personnel, and court referral office personnel, whether that agency or department is in the State of Alabama or located elsewhere. (3) OFFENDER. Any person charged with a crime as defined by this code, which was allegedly committed in the jurisdiction of the Second Judicial Circuit of the State of Alabama. (4) SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY. As that term is defined in subdivision (14) of Section 13A-1-2. (Act 2009-460,...
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