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12-16-100
Section 12-16-100 Drawing, selection, and empaneling of juries in criminal cases - Generally.
(a) In every criminal case the jury shall be drawn, selected and empaneled as follows: Upon
the trial by jury in the circuit courts of any person charged with a felony, including a capital
felony, a misdemeanor, or violation, the court shall require a strike list or lists to be
compiled from the names appearing on the master strike list as established in Section 12-16-74.
In compiling the list or lists, names of qualified jurors may be omitted on a nonselective
basis. A strike list shall be furnished for the trial of any case at hand and a copy thereof
given to all parties. The jurors whose names appear thereon shall be brought into open court,
the case shall be called and in the presence of the district attorney and the defendant and
his attorney, the jurors shall be examined on voir dire for the trial of the case at hand.
After the conclusion of the voir dire examination and the removal from...
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45-4-81
Section 45-4-81 Additional court costs for certain district and circuit cases. (a) In Bibb
County, in addition to all other court charges or fees, there shall be taxed as court cost
the sum of five dollars ($5) in each civil or quasi-civil action at law, suit in equity, criminal
case, quasi-criminal case, proceeding on a forfeited bail bond or proceedings on a forfeited
bond given in connection with an appeal from a judgement or conviction in any inferior or
municipal court of the county, the district or circuit court of Bibb County, hereinafter filed
in or arising in the circuit or district court of Bibb County, or brought by appeal, certiorari,
or otherwise to either of the courts, which costs shall be collected as other costs in such
cases are collected by the clerk, or ex-officio clerk, of the courts or the register of the
circuit court or district court of Bibb County, as the case may be. (b) Such fees, when collected
by the clerks or other collection officers of such courts,...
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15-27-1
Section 15-27-1 Petition to expunge records - Misdemeanor criminal offense, traffic violation,
municipal ordinance violation. (a) A person who has been charged with a misdemeanor criminal
offense, a violation, a traffic violation, or a municipal ordinance violation may file a petition
in the criminal division of the circuit court in the county in which the charges were filed,
to expunge records relating to the charge in any of the following circumstances: (1) When
the charge is dismissed with prejudice. (2) When the charge has been no billed by a grand
jury. (3) When the person has been found not guilty of the charge. (4) When the charge was
dismissed without prejudice more than two years ago, has not been refiled, and the person
has not been convicted of any other felony or misdemeanor crime, any violation, or any traffic
violation, excluding minor traffic violations, during the previous two years. (5) When the
person proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the person is a...
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17-6-48.1
Section 17-6-48.1 (Effective February 1, 2021) Permanent place names for each seat on supreme
court and courts of appeal. (a) Beginning with the 2022 statewide election, the following
offices on the supreme court, court of criminal appeals, and court of civil appeals shall
be permanently identified as follows: (1) The supreme court: a. The office of associate justice
identified as "Place No. 1" on the 2018 statewide election ballot shall be "Place
1" on the supreme court. b. The office of associate justice identified as "Place
No. 2" on the 2018 statewide election ballot shall be "Place 2" on the supreme
court. c. The office of associate justice identified as "Place No. 3" on the 2018
statewide election ballot shall be "Place 3" on the supreme court. d. The office
of associate justice identified as "Place No. 4" on the 2018 statewide election
ballot shall be "Place 4" on the supreme court. e. The office of associate justice
identified as "Place No. 1" on the 2016 statewide election...
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12-12-71
Section 12-12-71 When appeals taken to circuit courts; nature of proceedings and right to jury
trial upon appeals to circuit courts. Except as provided in Section 12-12-72 and in subsection
(e) of Section 12-15-120, all appeals from final judgments of the district court shall be
to the circuit court for trial de novo. An appellant shall not be entitled to a jury trial
in circuit court unless it is demanded in the notice of appeal, and an appellee shall have
no right to a jury trial unless written demand is filed in circuit court within 14 days of
service upon him of notice of appeal. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, ยง4-111.)...
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45-35-120.18
Section 45-35-120.18 Appeal. Decisions of the board may be enforced by mandamus, injunction,
or other appropriate proceedings. The employee, the appointing authority, or the Houston County
Commission may, within 21 days after the decision of the board is rendered, appeal to the
court from any decision of the board affirming, imposing, or refusing to affirm or impose
dismissal or demotion as disciplinary action by filing notice of such appeal with the court
and causing a copy of such notice to be served on the appointing authority and any member
of the board. Upon the filing of such notice, the board shall file with the court a certified
record of the proceeding had before it with respect to the appeal, and its decision in the
matter. The appeal shall be heard at the earliest possible date by the court sitting without
a jury on the issues made before the board and the trial in the court shall be de novo. No
bond shall be required for such an appeal and the cost of such appeal shall be...
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15-25-3
Section 15-25-3 Prosecution for physical or sexual offense or exploitation involving child
under age 16 - Use of closed circuit equipment; competence of victim as witness. (a) In those
criminal prosecutions set out in Section 15-25-1, the court, on motion of the state or the
defendant prior to the trial of the case, may order that the testimony of any alleged victim
of the crime or witness thereto who is under the age of 16 at the time of the order shall
be viewed and heard at trial by the court and the finder of fact by closed circuit equipment.
In ruling on the motion the court shall take into consideration those matters set out in Section
15-25-2. (b) If the court orders that the victim's or witness's testimony in court shall be
by closed circuit equipment, the testimony shall be taken outside the courtroom in the judge's
chambers or in another suitable location designated by the judge. (c) Examination and cross-examination
of the alleged child victim or witness shall proceed as...
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12-15-203
Section 12-15-203 Transfer of cases from juvenile court. (a) A prosecutor, before a hearing
on a delinquency petition on its merits and after notifying, verbally or in writing, the juvenile
probation officer, may file a motion requesting the juvenile court judge to transfer a child
for criminal prosecution to the circuit or district court, if the child was 14 or more years
of age at the time of the conduct charged and is alleged to have committed an act which would
constitute a criminal offense as defined by this code if committed by an adult. (b) The juvenile
court judge shall conduct a hearing on all motions for the purpose of determining whether
it is in the best interests of the child or the public to grant the motion. Only if there
are no reasonable grounds to believe the child is committable to an institution, department,
or agency for individuals with an intellectual disability or mental illness, may the juvenile
court judge order the case transferred for criminal prosecution....
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12-19-3
Section 12-19-3 Phasing of state assumption of financial responsibility for Unified Judicial
System. The state assumption of financial responsibility for the Unified Judicial System shall
be phased over three fiscal years as follows: (1) The state shall be responsible for the following
beginning in the 1975-76 fiscal year: a. Salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court, the Court
of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Civil Appeals; b. Salaries and expenses of the Judicial
Inquiry Commission, the Court of the Judiciary, the Judicial Compensation Commission, the
Permanent Study Commission on Alabama's Judicial System and the Judicial Conference; c. Salaries
and expenses of circuit judges and supernumerary and retired justices and judges; d. Salaries,
including supernumerary salaries and expenses, of court reporters paid by the State of Alabama;
e. Salaries and expenses of the Administrative Office of Courts and the Department of Court
Management; f. State contributions to judicial...
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22-11A-64
Section 22-11A-64 Appeal process. (a) Any health care worker who has appealed the State Health
Officer's final order to the State Committee of Public Health and who is aggrieved by the
outcome may appeal that decision by filing a notice of appeal in the circuit court of his
or her county of residence or in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County within 30 days of
the issuance of the final decision of the State Committee of Public Health. (b) The health
care worker may be represented by counsel or may participate in proceedings in the court on
his or her own behalf. If the health care worker elects to represent himself or herself, the
pleadings, documents, and evidence filed with the court shall be liberally construed to do
substantial justice. The court shall provide assistance to the health care worker in preparing
and filing the notice of appeal and shall take those steps that are necessary to keep the
health care worker's identity confidential. The assistance may be provided by court...
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