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13A-11-161
Section 13A-11-161 Publication of certain documents considered privileged. The publication
of a fair and impartial report of the return of any indictment, the issuance of any warrant,
the arrest of any person for any cause or the filing of any affidavit, pleading or other document
in any criminal or civil proceeding in any court, or of a fair and impartial report of the
contents thereof, or of any charge of crime made to any judicial officer or body, or of any
report of any grand jury, or of any investigation made by any legislative committee, or other
public body or officer, shall be privileged, unless it be proved that the same was published
with actual malice, or that the defendant has refused or neglected to publish in the same
manner in which the publication complained of appeared, a reasonable explanation or contradiction
thereof by the plaintiff, or that the publisher has refused upon the written request of the
plaintiff to publish the subsequent determination of such suit,...
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36-11-10
Section 36-11-10 Proceedings in Supreme Court - Summoning and examination of witnesses generally;
appointment and duties of examiners; conduct of trial. In all original proceedings commenced
under this chapter in the Supreme Court, either party shall have compulsory process to compel
the attendance of witnesses, to be issued by the clerk of the court and served by the marshal
of the court or by any sheriff of the state. Such witnesses shall be sworn and examined on
the trial in open court. The examination of such witnesses shall be conducted and defaulting
witnesses shall be subject to similar proceedings and penalties as in criminal cases in the
circuit court; but, on the written consent of the defendant, the court or a justice thereof,
in term time or vacation, may appoint one or more examiners, whose duty it shall be, jointly
or severally, as may be directed in the order of appointment, to take and certify by such
day as may be fixed in the order of appointment the evidence against...
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43-2-354
Section 43-2-354 Notice and hearing; judgment; costs; appeals. The personal representative
of the estate of a decedent may give notice in writing to the claimant or anyone having a
beneficial interest in a claim against the estate that such claim is disputed in whole or
in part; if in part, specifying the part disputed. Thereupon the judge of the court having
jurisdiction of the administration of the estate shall, on written application of either the
personal representative or the claimant, hear and pass on the validity of such claim, or part
thereof, first giving 10 days' notice of such hearing to the interested parties. If the claimant
in such proceeding shall fail to recover upon the disputed part of such claim, he shall be
taxed with the costs thereof. This section shall not apply to claims against estates declared
insolvent. If the judgment on any such claim is rendered by a probate court, either party
may, within 30 days after the rendition of such judgment, appeal to the circuit...
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45-20-172.53
Section 45-20-172.53 Hearing procedure; order; appeal. (a) Within the time specified in the
notice, but not more than 30 days from the date the notice is given, any person, firm, or
corporation having an interest in the building or structure may file a written request for
a hearing before the governing body of the city, together with the objections to the finding
by the city governing body that the building or structure is unsafe to the extent of becoming
a public nuisance. The filing of the request shall hold in abeyance any action on the finding
of the city governing body until a determination thereon is made by the city governing body.
The hearing shall be held not less than five nor more than 30 days after the request. In the
event that no hearing is timely requested, the governing body shall order the building or
structure to be demolished. The demolition may be accomplished, at the option of the city,
by the use of its own forces or it may provide by contract for the demolition....
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45-37A-251.52
Section 45-37A-251.52 Hearing procedure; order; appeal. (a) Within the time specified in the
notice, but not more than 30 days from the date the notice is given, any person, firm, or
corporation having an interest in the building or structure may file a written request for
a hearing before the governing body of the city, together with the objections to the finding
by the city governing body that the building or structure is unsafe to the extent of becoming
a public nuisance. The filing of the request shall hold in abeyance any action on the finding
of the city governing body until a determination thereon is made by the city governing body.
The hearing shall be held not less than five nor more than 30 days after the request. In the
event that no hearing is timely requested, the governing body shall order the building or
structure to be demolished. The demolition may be accomplished, at the option of the city,
by the use of its own forces or it may provide by contract for the demolition....
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12-11-30
Section 12-11-30 Generally. (1) CIVIL. The circuit court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction
of all civil actions in which the matter in controversy exceeds twenty thousand dollars ($20,000),
exclusive of interest and costs, and shall exercise original jurisdiction concurrent with
the district court in all civil actions in which the matter in controversy exceeds six thousand
dollars ($6,000), exclusive of interest and costs. (2) CRIMINAL. The circuit court shall have
exclusive original jurisdiction of all felony prosecutions and of misdemeanor or ordinance
violations which are lesser included offenses within a felony charge or which arise from the
same incident as a felony charge; except, that the district court shall have concurrent jurisdiction
with the circuit court to receive pleas of guilty in felony cases not punishable by sentence
of death. The circuit court may, on conviction of a defendant, upon a showing of inability
to make immediate payment of fine and costs,...
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12-17-184
Section 12-17-184 Powers and duties generally. It is the duty of every district attorney and
assistant district attorney, within the circuit, county, or other territory for which he or
she is elected or appointed: (1) To attend on the grand juries, advise them in relation to
matters of law, and examine and swear witnesses before them. (2) To draw up all indictments
and to prosecute all indictable offenses. (3) To prosecute and defend any civil action in
the circuit court in the prosecution or defense of which the state is interested. (4) To inquire
whether registers have performed the duty required of them by Section 12-17-117 and shall,
in every case of failure, move against the register as provided by subsection (b) of Section
12-17-114. (5) If a criminal prosecution is removed from a court of his or her circuit, county,
or division of a county to a court of the United States, to appear in that court and represent
the state; and, if it is impracticable, consistent with his or her...
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12-22-198
Section 12-22-198 Appeals from denial of petition or where parts of record ordered transcribed
deemed inadequate. (a) Any defendant or petitioner who has filed a petition under the provisions
of this division and which petition is denied by the trial court, or if parts of the record
ordered to be transcribed are deemed to be inadequate by defendant or petitioner, said defendant
or petitioner may, within 10 days from the order of the trial court, file a notice of appeal
with the clerk of the trial court from the order denying the petition or from the order deemed
inadequate in specifying the parts of the transcript of the evidence to be forwarded to the
appellate court on appeal, and such notice of appeal shall specify with particularity wherein
the defendant or petitioner considers himself aggrieved by the order of the trial court, whereupon
the trial judge shall cause to be certified and transmitted, to the Court of Criminal Appeals
in cases wherein the punishment is 20 years or less...
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15-18-200
Section 15-18-200 Motion by persons convicted of capital offense for forensic DNA testing and
analysis. (a) An individual convicted of a capital offense who is serving a term of imprisonment
or awaiting execution of a sentence of death, through written motion to the circuit court
that entered the judgment of sentence, may apply for the performance of forensic deoxyribonucleic
acid testing on specific evidence, if that evidence was secured in relation to the investigation
or prosecution that resulted in the conviction of the applicant, is still available for testing
as of the date of the motion, forensic DNA testing was not performed on the case at the time
of the initial trial, and the results of the forensic DNA testing, on its face, would demonstrate
the convicted individual's factual innocence of the offense convicted. The filing of a motion
as provided in this subsection shall not automatically stay an execution. (b) Upon receipt
of a motion for DNA testing, the circuit court shall...
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15-27-3
Section 15-27-3 Submission of sworn statement and records; service. (a) A petition filed under
this chapter shall include a sworn statement made by the person seeking expungement under
the penalty of perjury stating that the person has satisfied the requirements set out in this
chapter and whether he or she has previously applied for an expungement in any jurisdiction
and whether an expungement has been previously granted. (b) The petitioner shall include a
certified record of arrest, disposition, or the case action summary from the appropriate agency
for the court record the petitioner seeks to have expunged as well as a certified official
criminal record obtained from the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center. In addition
to setting forth grounds for the court to consider, the petitioner shall specify what criminal
charges from the record are to be considered, further specify the agency or department that
made the arrest and any agency or department where the petitioner was...
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