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15-23-60
Section 15-23-60 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ACCUSED. A person who has been arrested for committing a criminal offense and
who is held for an initial appearance or other proceeding before trial. (2) APPELLATE PROCEEDING.
An oral argument held in open court before the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, the Supreme
Court of Alabama, a federal court of appeals, or the United States Supreme Court. (3) ARREST.
The actual custodial restraint of a person or his or her submission to custody. (4) COMMUNITY
STATUS. Extension of the limits of the places of confinement of a prisoner through work release,
supervised intensive restitution (SIR), and initial consideration of pre-discretionary leave,
passes, and furloughs. (5) COURT. All state courts including juvenile courts. (6) CRIME VICTIM
ADVOCATE. A person who is employed or authorized by a public entity or a private entity that
receives public funding primarily to provide...
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43-2-236
Section 43-2-236 Revocation of letters upon proof that supposed decedent is alive - Substitution
of parties; reopening judgments. After revocation of the letters, the person erroneously supposed
to be dead, may, on suggestion filed of record of the proper fact, be substituted as plaintiff
in all actions brought by the administrator, whether prosecuted to judgment or otherwise.
He may in all actions previously brought against his administrator be substituted as defendant
on proper suggestion filed by him, or by the plaintiff therein, but shall not be compelled
to go to trial in less than three months from the time of such suggestion filed. Judgments
recovered against the administrator before revocation, as aforesaid, of the letters may be
reopened on application by the supposed decedent made within three months from the said revocation
and supported by affidavit denying specifically on the knowledge of the affiant the cause
of action or specifically alleging the existence of facts which...
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12-19-91
Section 12-19-91 Clerks of Supreme Court or courts of appeals. (a) The clerks of the courts
of appeal shall be entitled to receive the following fees for the following services, to be
paid to the treasurer as provided in this article: (1) Docketing each case ..... $ .30 (2)
Entering each appearance, to include all attorneys appearing on the same side for the same
parties ..... .30 (3) Each bond ..... .50 (4) Each appeal ..... .50 (5) Each order ..... .50
(6) Each continuance ..... .25 (7) Each judgment ..... 1.00 (8) Each mandate or certificate
to the court below ..... 2.00 (9) Each writ in the nature of scire facias, certiorari, mandamus,
prohibition or other similar writ ..... 1.00 (10) Filing the same with return ..... .20 (11)
Each writ of execution ..... 1.00 (12) Taxing costs, copying and entering satisfaction .....
.85 (13) Copying opinions, record or paper, in his office, for each 100 words ..... .15 (14)
In each case an additional fee of ..... 4.00 (b) For petitions for...
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13A-5-40
Section 13A-5-40 Capital offenses. (a) The following are capital offenses: (1) Murder by the
defendant during a kidnapping in the first degree or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant.
(2) Murder by the defendant during a robbery in the first degree or an attempt thereof committed
by the defendant. (3) Murder by the defendant during a rape in the first or second degree
or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant; or murder by the defendant during sodomy
in the first or second degree or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant. (4) Murder
by the defendant during a burglary in the first or second degree or an attempt thereof committed
by the defendant. (5) Murder of any police officer, sheriff, deputy, state trooper, federal
law enforcement officer, or any other state or federal peace officer of any kind, or prison
or jail guard, while the officer or guard is on duty, regardless of whether the defendant
knew or should have known the victim was an officer or guard on...
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17-16-56
Section 17-16-56 Contest of election of judge of probate court and other county and municipal
officers - Generally. If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the probate
court, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court,
or any other office filled by the vote of a single county or any subdivision thereof, or any
office of a city or town not in this article otherwise provided for, the party contesting
must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the election
was held, a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, of the grounds of the contest as
provided in this article and must give good and sufficient security for the costs of the contest,
to be approved by the clerk. On the filing of the statement and the giving of the security,
the clerk must enter the contest on the trial docket as a civil action pending in the court
for trial, and, after having made such entry, the clerk must issue a...
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11-40-10.2
Section 11-40-10.2 Rehiring of certain law enforcement officers retired from state or local
law enforcement agency. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a Class
5, Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality may rehire a retired law enforcement officer
to perform duties as needed if the mayor, or town or city council, as appropriate, declares
all of the following: (1) There is a critical personnel shortage such that the rehiring is
necessary to provide public safety services. (2) The retired law enforcement officer retired
from any state or local law enforcement agency within the State of Alabama which subscribes
to the same pension system as the reemploying authority, and has been retired for at least
45 consecutive days prior to reemployment with a municipality. (3) The retired law enforcement
officer, at the time of retirement, met the qualifications as a law enforcement officer provided
in Section 36-21-46, and the standards and rules issued by the Alabama Peace...
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12-21-264
Section 12-21-264 Taking of deposition or videotaped deposition when victim or witness unavailable
because of exceptional circumstances. (a) In any criminal prosecution, the court may, upon
motion of the district attorney, the defense, or the court, for good cause shown and after
notice to the parties, order the taking of a deposition or a videotaped deposition of a victim
or a witness when the victim or witness is or may be unavailable for trial for medical reasons
or other exceptional circumstances. On any motion for a deposition or a videotaped deposition
of the victim or witness, the court shall consider the age of the victim or witness, the potential
unavailability of the victim or witness for trial, the nature of the offense, the nature of
testimony that may be expected, and the possible effect that testimony in person at trial
may have on the victim or witness, along with any other relevant matters that may be required
by Supreme Court rule. During the taking of a deposition or...
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12-5-12
Section 12-5-12 Study of applications for funds, grants, etc., from federal governmental agencies
or entities, direction of disbursement of funds, grants, etc.; designation of moneys previously
appropriated to certain state agencies as matching funds; application for federal funds, grants,
etc., and use of certain moneys as matching funds in connection therewith by circuit courts,
district courts, etc. (a) In connection with any federal legislation hereafter passed or presently
in force and effect, designed, directly or indirectly, to assist or aid in the administration
of justice, criminal or otherwise, or the improvement of courts and the judicial system, the
Administrative Director of Courts is authorized and empowered to study any and all applications
for funds and grants directed to his office from any federal governmental agency or entity
and the disbursement of such aid, assistance, subgrants, funds or money to any office or agency
of the judicial branch of state government and...
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15-12-25
Section 15-12-25 Reimbursement of fees of court appointed counsel by defendant; default. (a)(1)
A court may require a convicted defendant to pay the fees of court appointed counsel. Fees
of court appointed counsel for the purposes of this section, shall mean any attorney's fees
and expenses paid an appointed counsel, contract counsel, or public defender. (2) The court
shall not order a defendant to pay the fees of court appointed counsel unless the defendant
is or will be able to pay them. In determining the amount and method of payment of these fees,
the court shall take into account the financial resources of the defendant and the nature
of the burden that payment of the fees will impose. A defendant who has been ordered to pay
the fees of court appointed counsel and who is not in contumacious default in the payment
thereof may at any time petition the court which sentenced him or her for remission of the
payment of these fees or of any unpaid portion thereof. If it appears to the...
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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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