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15-18-1
Section 15-18-1 Legal punishments; sentencing; liability of Department of Corrections for costs.
(a) The only legal punishments, besides removal from office and disqualification to hold office,
are fines, hard labor for the county, imprisonment in the county jail, imprisonment in the
penitentiary, which includes hard labor for the state, and death. (b) In all cases in which
the period of imprisonment in the penitentiary or hard labor for the county is more than three
years, the judge shall sentence the party to imprisonment in the penitentiary. In all cases
of conviction for felonies in which imprisonment or hard labor is for more than 12 months
and not more than three years, the judge may sentence the party to imprisonment in the penitentiary,
confinement in the county jail, or to hard labor for the county, at his or her discretion,
any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. In all cases in which the imprisonment
or sentence to hard labor is 12 months or less, the...
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43-2-291
Section 43-2-291 Rights terminated by sentence of imprisonment. A sentence of imprisonment
in the penitentiary, imprisonment in the county jail or hard labor for the county, for a term
of 12 months or more, terminates the right of the convict to execute the office of executor
or administrator, in the same manner as if he had been removed from office and extinguishes
all private trusts not susceptible of delegation by him. (Code 1852, §263; Code 1867, §3811;
Code 1876, §4511; Code 1886, §4505; Code 1896, §5427; Code 1907, §7636; Code 1923, §5292;
Code 1940, T. 61, §179.)...
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43-2-290
Section 43-2-290 Causes of removal generally. An administrator may be removed, and his letters
revoked for his removal from the state; and an administrator or executor may be removed and
his letters revoked for any of the following causes: (1) Imbecility of mind; intemperance;
continued sickness, rendering him incapable of the discharge of his duties; or when from his
conduct or character there is reason to believe that he is not a suitable person to have the
charge and control of the estate. (2) Failure to make and return inventories or accounts of
sale; failure to make settlements as required by law; or the failure to do any act as such
executor or administrator, when lawfully required by the judge of probate. (3) The wasting,
embezzlement or any other maladministration of the estate. (4) The using of any of the funds
of the estate for his own benefit. (5) A sentence of imprisonment in the penitentiary, county
jail or for hard labor for the county for a term of 12 months or more....
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12-22-244
Section 12-22-244 Duty of defendant on bail to surrender upon affirmation of conviction or
dismissal of appeal. When the defendant in a case of misdemeanor or felony is sentenced to
hard labor, imprisonment or to the penitentiary, gives bail pending the appeal and the judgment
of conviction is affirmed or the appeal is dismissed, he is bound by the undertaking of bail
to surrender himself to the sheriff, at the county jail, within 15 days from the date of such
affirmance or dismissal. If he shall fail to do so, the sheriff must endorse the bail bond
forfeited, and a writ of arrest must be issued by the clerk; if not executed, another must
be issued, and so on until the judgment has been executed. If the defendant is taken on such
writ or if he shall surrender himself to the sheriff, the sentence must, without delay, be
carried out as if no appeal had been taken. (Code 1852, §755; Code 1867, §4306; Code 1876,
§4982; Code 1886, §4513; Code 1896, §4321; Code 1907, §6252; Acts 1911,...
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28-4-166
Section 28-4-166 Penalties for violations of article. Any person who violates any provision
of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, when not otherwise expressed, and shall
be punished as prescribed in this section. Such person, except in cases where other punishment
is prescribed, shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more
than $500.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for
the county for not more than six months for the first conviction, at the discretion of the
court. On the second and every subsequent conviction, in addition to the fine which may be
imposed, the convicted party shall be imprisoned at hard labor for the county for not less
than three nor more than six months, such imprisonment to be fixed by the court. (Acts 1919,
No. 7, p. 6; Code 1923, §4734; Code 1940, T. 29, §202.)...
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14-9-41
Section 14-9-41 Computation of incentive time deductions. (a) Each prisoner who shall hereafter
be convicted of any offense against the laws of the State of Alabama and is confined, in execution
of the judgment or sentence upon any conviction, in the penitentiary or at hard labor for
the county or in any municipal jail for a definite or indeterminate term, other than for life,
whose record of conduct shows that he or she has faithfully observed the rules for a period
of time to be specified by this article may be entitled to earn a deduction from the term
of his or her sentence as follows: (1) Seventy-five days for each 30 days actually served
while the prisoner is classified as a Class I prisoner. (2) Forty days for each 30 days actually
served while the prisoner is a Class II prisoner. (3) Twenty days for each 30 days actually
served while the prisoner is a Class III prisoner. (4) No good time shall accrue during the
period the prisoner is classified as a Class IV prisoner. (b)...
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12-21-225
Section 12-21-225 Testimony for state or defendant by convict. (a) The presiding judge of any
circuit court or district court having reason to believe that the testimony of any convict
serving a sentence in the penitentiary or to hard labor for the county is necessary in any
criminal prosecution for the state and that other evidence cannot be obtained on behalf of
the state may order a writ to be issued by the clerk, commanding the Board of Corrections
to have the convict before the court on a specified day to give testimony in the particular
case for the state. Moreover, upon the sworn petition of the defendant in a criminal prosecution
showing that a convict serving sentence in the penitentiary knows facts which would be beneficial
to him, the judge may, if he believes the ends of justice will be served thereby, order the
issuance of such a writ to secure the appearance of the convict to testify on behalf of the
defendant. The writ shall be served on the board at least one week...
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15-18-62
Section 15-18-62 Imprisonment for failure to pay fines and costs. In cases of willful nonpayment
of the fine and costs, the defendant shall either be imprisoned in the county jail or, at
the discretion of the court, sentenced to hard labor for the county as follows: (1) If the
fine and costs do not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250), no more than 10 days; (2) If
the fine and costs exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) but do not exceed five hundred
dollars ($500), no more than 20 days; (3) If the fine and costs exceed five hundred dollars
($500), but do not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), no more than 30 days; and (4) For
every additional one hundred dollars ($100) or fractional part thereof, 4 days. (Code 1852,
§213; Code 1867, §3760; Code 1876, §4455; Code 1886, §4503; Code 1896, §5425; Code 1907,
§7634; Code 1923, §5290; Code 1940, T. 15, §341; Act 2002-415, p. 1060, §1.)...
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28-4-136
Section 28-4-136 Penalties for violations of provisions of article by railroad companies, express
companies, etc.; duties of district attorney in cases of grand jury indictments. (a) Any railroad
company, express company or other carrier or any person or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this article or failing to comply with any requirements thereof shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, to which,
at the discretion of the court, may be added imprisonment in the county jail or confinement
at hard labor for the county for not more than six months for the first conviction. On the
second and every subsequent conviction of a violation of any provisions of this article, the
offense shall, in addition to a fine within the limitations above named, be punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail or at hard labor for the county for not less than three nor
more than six months, to be imposed by the court. (b) It shall...
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14-4-9
Section 14-4-9 Sentencing of convicts - How sentence served on two or more convictions; effect
of convict's conduct thereon. (a) When a convict is sentenced on two or more convictions,
unless specifically ordered in the judgment entry that such sentences shall run concurrently,
such sentences shall be cumulative and such terms and imprisonments shall be served consecutively,
the first term thereof beginning to run from the date such convict is received at the county
jail or other place of confinement for the service of his sentences, the second and subsequent
terms each beginning on the expiration of the preceding term. When it is specifically ordered
in the judgment entry that sentences shall run concurrently, such sentences shall run from
the date on which such convict is received at the county jail or other place of confinement
for service of the sentence. However no person shall be sentenced to hard labor for the county
so that the aggregate of the sentences on two or more...
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