15-15-20
Section 15-15-20 (Repealed effective upon approval of Act 96-586) Felony cases. In all felony
cases, except those where the punishment imposed may be death, in which a defendant has been
bound over to the circuit court to await the action of the grand jury, is confined in jail
awaiting preliminary hearing or is confined in jail after having waived to the grand jury,
such defendant may make known, to the district or circuit court of the county having jurisdiction
of the offense with which he is charged, that he desires to plead guilty. (Acts 1939, No.
227, p. 367; Code 1940, T. 15, §260; Acts 1996, No. 96-531, §3.)...
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15-8-150
Section 15-8-150 Contents; sufficiency; use of analogous forms. The forms of indictment set
forth in this section in all cases in which they are applicable, are sufficient, and analogous
forms may be used in other cases. (1) CAPTION, COMMENCEMENT AND CONCLUSION GENERALLY. The
State of Alabama,) Circuit court, ___ session, ___) 20___ The grand jury of said county charge
that, before the finding of this indictment, etc. (describing the offense as in the following
forms), against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama. E.F.J.,District Attorney of
the ______ circuit. (2) ADVERTISING, ETC., UNREGISTERED SECURITIES. A. B. did, contrary to
law, and subsequent to the ____ day of ____, 20__, advertise (or otherwise describing the
unlawful act) in this state for the purpose of inducing or securing subscriptions to or sales
of the capital stock of the X. Y. company (or otherwise describing the security so advertised),
which said stock (or other security) had not then...
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45-49-233.01
Section 45-49-233.01 Fees for services. (a) The Sheriff of Mobile County shall be entitled
to receive the following fees for the services as listed below in civil and criminal cases:
SERVICE FEE (1) Levying attachment. $25 (2) Summoning garnishee and making return. $10 (3)
Garnishment notice to defendant. $10 (4) Serving summons and other mesne process, except subpoenas
for witnesses, and returning same. $10 (5) Summoning each witness and returning subpoenas.
$ 5 (6) Executing a writ of possession. $25 (7) Making a deed to real estate sold. $25 (8)
Serving summons and making returns in cases of forcible entry and detainer. $25 (9) Executing
writs of restitution in such cases. $25 (10) Collecting execution for cost only. $25 (11)
Serving subpoenas on bill in chancery proceedings and returning the same, for each defendant.
$25 (12) Serving any court summons not herein provided for and making return. $10 (13) Serving
attachment for contempt of court or rule to show cause. $10 (14) Taking...
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15-22-54
Section 15-22-54 Period of probation; termination of probation; violation of terms of probation;
sanctions. (a) The period of probation or suspension of execution of sentence shall be determined
by the court and shall not be waived by the defendant, and the period of probation or suspension
may be continued, extended, or terminated. However, except as provided in Section 32-5A-191
relating to ignition interlock requirements, in no case shall the maximum probation period
of a defendant guilty of a misdemeanor exceed two years, nor shall the maximum probation period
of a defendant guilty of a felony exceed five years, except as provided in Section 13A-8-2.1.
When the conditions of probation or suspension of sentence are fulfilled, the court shall,
by order duly entered on its minutes, discharge the defendant. (b) The court granting probation,
upon the recommendation of the officer supervising the probationer, may terminate all authority
and supervision over the probationer prior to the...
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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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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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15-21-6
Section 15-21-6 To whom petition addressed. (a) When the person is confined in a county jail
or any other place on a charge of felony or under a commitment or an indictment for felony,
the petition for a writ of habeas corpus must be addressed to the nearest circuit court judge.
(b) When the person is confined in the penitentiary or under a sentence, judgment or order
of the supreme court or the circuit court, other than an indictment for felony, the petition
must be addressed to the nearest circuit court judge. (c) In all other cases, it may be addressed
to any one of them, and when the person is confined in any other place than the county jail
or the penitentiary and on any other than a criminal charge, it may be addressed to any circuit
court judge. (Code 1852, §713; Code 1867, §4264; Code 1876, §4940; Code 1886, §4764; Code
1896, §4817; Code 1907, §7012; Code 1923, §4310; Code 1940, T. 15, §6.)...
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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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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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15-18-8
Section 15-18-8 Terms of confinement, etc.; probation. (a) When a defendant is convicted of
an offense, other than a sex offense involving a child as defined in Section 15-20A-4, that
constitutes a Class A or Class B felony offense, and receives a sentence of 20 years or less
in any court having jurisdiction to try offenses against the State of Alabama and the judge
presiding over the case is satisfied that the ends of justice and the best interests of the
public as well as the defendant will be served thereby, he or she may order: (1) That a defendant
convicted of a Class A or Class B felony be confined in a prison, jail-type institution, or
treatment institution for a period not exceeding three years in cases where the imposed sentence
is not more than 15 years, and that the execution of the remainder of the sentence be suspended
notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary and that the defendant be placed
on probation for such period and upon such terms as the court...
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