15-22-32
Section 15-22-32 Parole court; hearing officers; sanctions; delegation of authority. (a) Whenever
there is reasonable cause to believe that a prisoner who has been paroled has violated his
or her parole, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, at its next meeting, may declare the prisoner
to be delinquent, and time owed shall date from the delinquency. The Department of Corrections,
after receiving notice from the sheriff of the county jail where the state prisoner is being
held, shall promptly notify the board of the return of a paroled prisoner charged with violation
of his or her parole. Thereupon, the board, a single member of the board, a parole revocation
hearing officer, or a designated parole officer shall hold a parole court at the prison or
at another place as it may determine within 20 business days and consider the case of the
parole violator, who shall be given an opportunity to appear personally or by counsel before
the board or the parole court and produce witnesses and...
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36-11-14
Section 36-11-14 Proceedings in circuit court - When case stands for trial; conduct of trial
generally; right to jury trial. When the information is filed in the circuit court, if the
summons is served 20 days before the day specified in the order, such case shall stand for
trial on that day; and, if the summons is served less than 20 days before the day specified
in the order, then the court shall on the day specified in the order make an order setting
another day on which the defendant shall answer the information and the case stand for trial.
The case shall have precedence and priority over all other business in such court and, shall
be proceeded with in all respects as civil actions are conducted, with the right to either
party to except to the rulings of the court and to reserve such exceptions as in civil actions.
The defendant shall be entitled to a trial by jury on any issue of fact, whenever he demands
the same. (Code 1876, §4057; Code 1886, §4829; Code 1896, §4875; Code...
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43-8-202
Section 43-8-202 Contest in circuit court after admission to probate - Trial of issues by jury;
consideration of witnesses' testimony. The circuit court may, in such case, direct an issue
to be tried by a jury, and on the trial before the jury, or hearing before the circuit judge,
the testimony of the witnesses reduced to writing by the judge of probate, according to section
43-8-169, is evidence to be considered by the judge or jury. (Code 1852, §1655; Code 1867,
§1973; Code 1876, §2337; Code 1886, §2001; Code 1896, §4300; Code 1907, §6209; Code 1923,
§10640; Code 1940, T. 61, §67; Code 1975, §43-1-82.)...
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12-16-9
Section 12-16-9 Separation and sequestration of jury in felony cases. In the prosecution of
any felony case the trial court in its discretion may permit the jury hearing the case to
separate during the pendency of the trial. The court may at any time on its own initiative
or on motion of any party, require that the jury be sequestered under the charge of a proper
officer whenever they leave the jury box or the court may allow them to separate. A motion
to separate or sequester shall not be made within the hearing of the jury, and the jury shall
not be informed which party, if any, requested separation or sequestration. (Acts 1943, No.
384, p. 358; Acts 1982, No. 82-566, p. 943; Acts 1995, No. 95-190, p. 264, §1.)...
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12-26-9
Section 12-26-9 Time of ruling; hearing; scope; appeal. (a) The circuit court shall rule on
the merits of the petition in accordance with subsection (d) within 90 calendar days of the
date the petition was filed. The court, for good cause, may extend the time within which it
must rule on the petition by order entered prior to the expiration of the initial 90-day period.
(b) If the court determines that a hearing is not necessary, the court may rule without a
hearing. (c) If a hearing is held, the hearing shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by
the trial judge and may include oral argument and review of relevant documentation in support
of, or in objection to, the granting of the petition. Leave of the court shall be obtained
for the taking of witness testimony relating to any disputed fact. (d) In ruling on the petition,
the court may consider the following factors, in addition to the information contained in
the postsentence report: (1) The nature and seriousness of the offense....
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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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15-16-21
Section 15-16-21 Suspension of felony trial to inquire into accused's sanity; proceedings upon
jury findings; resumption of proceedings when sanity restored; release restriction. If any
person charged with any felony is held in confinement under indictment and the trial court
shall have reasonable ground to doubt his sanity, the trial of such person for such offense
shall be suspended until the jury shall inquire into the fact of such sanity, such jury to
be impaneled from the regular jurors in attendance for the week or from a special venire,
as the court may direct. If the jury shall find the accused sane at the time of its verdict,
it shall make no other inquiry, and the trial in chief shall proceed. If it finds that he
is insane at that time, the court shall make an order committing him to the Alabama state
hospitals, where he must remain until he is restored to his right mind. When the superintendent
of the hospitals shall be of opinion that such person is so restored, he shall...
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15-16-23
Section 15-16-23 Suspending execution of death sentence of insane convict; order upon restoration
to sanity; limitations on jurisdiction to suspend execution. If after conviction and sentence
to death, but at any time before the execution of the sentence, it is made to appear to the
satisfaction of the trial court that the convict is then insane, such trial court shall forthwith
enter an order in the trial court suspending the execution of the sentence to the time fixed
in the order; and, if it subsequently is made to appear to the court that such convict, the
execution of the sentence of whom has thus been suspended, is restored to sanity, the trial
court shall forthwith have another order entered ordering and commanding the execution of
the judgment and sentence originally awarded in said court at a time fixed in such order.
This mode of suspending the execution of sentence after conviction on account of the insanity
of the convict shall be exclusive and final and shall not be...
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26-2-54
Section 26-2-54 Revocation of guardianship or conservatorship - Upon application by person
ascertained to be incapacitated - Entry of decree or judgment as to contested application
upon rendition of verdict of jury. If, on the trial of the contest, the jury finds the facts
stated in the application to be true, the court must enter a decree revoking the proceedings
on the inquisition and the guardianship or conservatorship, and declaring that the ward must
be restored to the custody and management of his or her estate and must adjudge the costs
as is just and equitable, but if the verdict of the jury negatives the facts stated in the
application, a judgment of dismissal at the cost of the applicant or of the next friend must
be entered. (Code 1852, §2761; Code 1867, §3200; Code 1876, §2807; Code 1886, §2400; Code
1896, §2265; Code 1907, §4355; Code 1923, §8113; Code 1940, T. 21, §19; Acts 1987, No.
87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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31-2A-32
Section 31-2A-32 (Article 32.) Preliminary hearing; report. (a) No charge or specification
may be referred to a general court-martial for trial until the completion of a preliminary
hearing, unless the preliminary hearing is waived by the accused. The purpose of the preliminary
hearing shall be limited to the following: (1) Determining whether there is probable cause
to believe an offense has been committed and the accused committed the offense. (2) Determining
whether the convening authority has court-martial jurisdiction over the offense and the accused.
(3) Considering the form of charges. (4) Recommending the disposition that should be made
of the case. (b) A preliminary hearing under subsection (a) shall be conducted by a hearing
officer who satisfies all of the following: (1) The hearing officer shall be an impartial
judge advocate whenever practicable or, in exceptional circumstances in which the interests
of justice warrant, an impartial hearing officer who is not a judge...
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