12-19-94
Section 12-19-94 Fees due constables and coroners for services in connection with circuit and district court proceedings. Fees due to constables and coroners for services in connection with district and circuit court proceedings shall be payable from the county treasury upon a sworn statement certified by the circuit clerk and shall not affect the collection and distribution of uniform fees. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-113; 1976, No. 564, p. 763.)...
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13A-12-57
Section 13A-12-57 Trial; defendant bound over. The court shall thereupon proceed to hear the evidence in the case, and, if probable cause is shown for believing said parties or any of them to be guilty, he shall bind them over under proper bond to await the action of the grand jury in accordance with the laws of the state as prescribed in preliminary examinations before courts authorized by law to conduct preliminary examinations, and all rules of procedure applicable to such preliminary examinations shall be likewise applicable to proceedings under this division. (Acts 1909, No. 193, p. 183; Code 1923, §4289; Code 1940, T. 14, §301; Code 1975, §13-7-98.)...
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13A-5-53
Section 13A-5-53 Appellate review of death sentence; scope; remand; specific determinations to be made by court; authority of court following review. (a) In any case in which the death penalty is imposed, in addition to reviewing the case for any error involving the conviction, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, subject to review by the Alabama Supreme Court, shall also review the propriety of the death sentence. This review shall include the determination of whether any error adversely affecting the rights of the defendant was made in the sentence proceedings, whether the trial court's findings concerning the aggravating and mitigating circumstances were supported by the evidence, and whether death was the proper sentence in the case. If the court determines that an error adversely affecting the rights of the defendant was made in the sentence proceedings or that one or more of the trial court's findings concerning aggravating and mitigating circumstances were not supported by the...
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28-4-277
Section 28-4-277 Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings generally - Appeals from judgment of district court - Persons entitled to appeal; bond for costs of appeal required; right to jury trial; proceedings in circuit court. Any person appearing and becoming a party defendant as provided in this article may appeal from the judgment of forfeiture and condemnation as to the whole or any part of the liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles claimed by him and adjudged forfeited to the circuit court as in other cases appealed from a district court to a circuit court, the appeal to be granted upon parties giving bond for the cost of appeal, that will be incurred in the circuit court. Upon written demand being made therefor endorsed on the appeal bond at the time said appeal is taken, the appellants may be entitled to a jury for the trial of the action in the circuit court. Said circuit court shall proceed with the case de novo and may cause suitable issues to be framed for the...
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45-39-81.01
Section 45-39-81.01 Additional court costs - Criminal cases. In addition to all other fees and court costs, the clerk of the circuit court and the clerk of the district court of Lauderdale County shall assess and collect a fee to be determined by the county commission, not exceeding thirty-five dollars ($35), in each criminal case, felony and misdemeanor, where costs or fees are assessed against the defendant. The fee is to be paid by the clerk to the county for the support of its work release program and for county jail purposes. (Act 96-315, p. 357, §1.)...
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11-70-3
Section 11-70-3 Petition. The municipality may file a single petition with the clerk of the circuit court for the judicial circuit in which the subject property is located for an order to quiet title and expedite foreclosure to one or more parcels of property under this chapter. The petition shall identify each parcel by its tax parcel number and street address and shall be served on all interested parties identified in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 11-70-2. No action filed pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the payment of filing fees. (Act 2010-396, p. 644, §3; Act 2014-108, p. 183, §1.)...
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13A-5-53.1
Section 13A-5-53.1 Appeals of capital punishment. (a) Rule 32.2(c) of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure shall not apply to cases in which a criminal defendant is convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, and files a petition for post-conviction relief under the grounds specified in Rule 32.1(a), (e), or (f) of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure. (b) Post-conviction remedies sought pursuant to Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure in death penalty cases shall be pursued concurrently and simultaneously with the direct appeal of a case in which the death penalty was imposed. In all cases where the defendant is deemed indigent or as the trial judge deems appropriate, the trial court, within 30 days of the entry of the order pronouncing the defendant's death sentence, shall appoint the defendant a separate counsel for the purposes of post-conviction relief under this section. Appointed counsel shall be compensated pursuant to Chapter 12 of Title 15;...
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15-12-5
Section 15-12-5 Determination of indigency and provision of defense services. (a) Judicial role in determining indigency. The trial judge shall determine, in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Office of Indigent Defense Services, if a person in his or her court is an indigent defendant, any time appropriate or necessary. Upon appeal from the trial court to the state appellate court, the trial judge who presided over the proceedings on appeal shall determine if the appellant is an indigent defendant in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Office of Indigent Defense Services. If an indigency determination is necessary in any proceeding initiated originally in a state appellate court , the presiding judge or chief justice of the appellate court shall determine if the appellant or petitioner is an indigent defendant. (b) Criteria for determining indigency. In determining indigency, the judge shall recognize ability to pay as a variable...
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15-13-132
Section 15-13-132 Conditional forfeiture notice to defendant and sureties. A notice of the rendition of the judgment set forth in Section 15-13-131 shall be issued by the clerk of the court and served according to the terms as established in this article within 90 days of the court's conditional forfeiture order to the defendant and sureties. The notice may be in the following form: STATE OF ALABAMA ___ (or City of ___) Defendant vs ___ County ___ Surety Case No. ___ ___ Surety Charge: ___ Conditional Forfeiture Notice To: ___ ___ Court Defendant ___ ___ Surety You are hereby notified that your name appears as a surety on the bond in the above styled case. This case was called for trial on ___ (date) and the defendant was not present to answer. Therefore, a conditional forfeiture of ___ dollars was entered against you. You shall file a written response within 28 days after you...
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15-15-24
Section 15-15-24 Determination of degree of offense and fixing of punishment; when jury impaneled. (a) If a defendant upon arraignment or prior to trial pleads guilty, the court, without the intervention of a jury, shall determine the degree of the offense and fix the punishment therefor the same as a jury might fix or impose it if the case were being tried by a jury, unless, in the discretion of the trial judge, a jury should be impaneled to determine the degree of the offense or to fix the punishment therefor or unless the defendant at the time of entering such plea demands a jury in writing. The court shall not in any event, however, impose capital punishment without the intervention of a jury. (b) Whenever, in the discretion of the trial judge, a jury should be impaneled or a jury is demanded, in the manner and at the time prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, no special venire need be drawn, but the court must cause the punishment to be determined by a jury, except where...
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