15-15-1
Section 15-15-1 Entry of not guilty plea for defendant upon refusal to plead. If a defendant,
when arraigned, refuses or neglects to plead or stands mute, the court must cause the plea
of not guilty to be entered for him. (Code 1852, §617; Code 1867, §4169; Code 1876, §4870;
Code 1886, §4438; Code 1896, §5262; Code 1907, §7565; Code 1923, §5195; Code 1940, T.
15, §276.)...
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10A-21-3.03
Section 10A-21-3.03 Entry of not guilty plea for corporation failing to appear, etc. If the
defendant corporation fails to appear and plead to the indictment, the court must cause the
plea of not guilty to be entered for it, and the trial shall proceed as if the corporation
had appeared and pleaded not guilty; but, in such case, proof must be made to the court that
the person upon whom the notice and copy of the indictment were served was an officer or agent
of the corporation authorized by law to receive such service. (Code 1896, §5318; Code 1907,
§6626; Code 1923, §3729; Code 1940, T. 10, §201; §10-7-3; amended and renumbered by Act
2009-513, p. 967, §360.)...
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15-15-22
Section 15-15-22 Fixing of date to formally make and enter plea; service of notice. When an
information has been filed as provided in Section 15-15-21 and counsel employed or appointed,
the court shall, by order entered upon the minutes of the court, fix a date for the defendant
to formally make and enter his plea of guilty in open court, which date shall not be within
15 days after the arrest of the defendant nor within three days after notice to the court
of his intention to plead guilty, and notice of such date shall be served by the sheriff upon
the defendant and upon his counsel. (Acts 1939, No. 227, p. 367; Code 1940, T. 15, §263.)...

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15-15-20.1
Section 15-15-20.1 Non-capital felony offense. (a) In any criminal proceeding for a non-capital
felony offense commenced by complaint, the defendant may give written notice three days after
his or her arrest to a judge of the district or circuit court of the county having jurisdiction
of the offense charged that the defendant desires to plead guilty as charged or as a youthful
offender upon the granting of youthful offender status. (b) Upon receipt of the written notice
from the defendant stating his or her desire to plead guilty, the court shall direct the district
attorney to prefer and file an information against the defendant. The information shall be
made under oath of the district attorney or a witness, and shall accuse the defendant with
the same specificity as required in an indictment of the offense or offenses for which the
defendant is charged. This section shall not be construed to preclude the district attorney
from amending or dismissing a pending charge against a...
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15-15-4
Section 15-15-4 Forms of pleas, replications, rejoinders and demurrers. The following forms
of pleas, replications, rejoinders and demurrers are sufficient in all cases in which they
are applicable, but they are not exclusive, and any other form sufficient at common law, under
the statutes or any analogous or kindred pleadings, where no form is provided in this Code,
may be used: (1) CAPTION. - The following caption may be used as a part of each of the following
forms: The State of Alabama, v. In _____ court, ____County. A.B. (2) GENERAL FORM OF PLEA.
- Comes the defendant (in his own proper person, or by attorney) and for plea says: The state
ought not further to prosecute this indictment against him because _____ (stating matter constituting
the plea). And this the defendant is ready to verify and prays judgment that he be discharged
(or it may conclude, "and of this he puts himself upon the country," whenever appropriate).
___, defendant or attorney for defendant. (3)...
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36-11-25
Section 36-11-25 Proceedings where defendant has removed, absconded, or secreted himself. If,
in any case of proceedings for impeachment or removal from office under this chapter, the
defendant has removed, absconded or secreted himself so that the summons cannot be served
on him personally, the sheriff or other officer to whom the summons is issued shall serve
the same by leaving a copy thereof at the office of the defendant, if known, or at his last
place of residence; and the sheriff shall forthwith publish in some newspaper published in
the county or, if no newspaper is published in the county, in the newspaper published nearest
thereto a copy of the summons and notice to the defendant where a copy thereof has been left
for him. The sheriff shall make return of the summons as in other cases, stating the facts,
and such service shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as personal service on the
defendant; and, if the defendant fails to appear pursuant to the summons, whether...
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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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13A-5-42
Section 13A-5-42 Guilty plea; burden of proof upon state; waiver; sentencing. A defendant who
is indicted for a capital offense may plead guilty to it, but the state, only in cases where
the death penalty is to be imposed, must prove the defendant's guilt of the capital offense
beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury. The guilty plea may be considered in determining whether
the state has met that burden of proof. The guilty plea shall have the effect of waiving all
non-jurisdictional defects in the proceeding resulting in the conviction except the sufficiency
of the evidence. A defendant convicted of a capital offense after pleading guilty to it shall
be sentenced according to the provisions of Section 13A-5-43(d). (Acts 1981, No. 81-178, p.
203, §4; Act 2013-354, p. 1267, §1.)...
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31-2A-45
Section 31-2A-45 (Article 45.) Pleas of the accused. (a) If an accused after arraignment makes
an irregular pleading, or after a plea of guilty sets up matter inconsistent with the plea,
or if it appears that the accused has entered the plea of guilty improvidently or through
lack of understanding of its meaning and effect, or if the accused fails or refuses to plead,
a plea of not guilty shall be entered in the record, and the court shall proceed as though
the accused had pleaded not guilty. (b) With respect to any charge or specification to which
a plea of guilty has been made by the accused and accepted by the military judge or by a court-martial
without a military judge, a finding of guilty of the charge or specification may be entered
immediately without vote. This finding shall constitute the finding of the court unless the
plea of guilty is withdrawn prior to announcement of the sentence, in which event, the proceedings
shall continue as though the accused had pleaded not...
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15-15-25
Section 15-15-25 When plea not accepted. If the court, after hearing a plea of guilty by a
defendant and the testimony offered, is of opinion that no offense has been committed or is
not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty, then the court may order
the defendant recommitted to jail to await the action of the grand jury, may release the defendant
on bond in an amount to be fixed by the court or may order the defendant to be discharged.
(Acts 1939, No. 227, p. 367; Code 1940, T. 15, §265.)...
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