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15-1-3
Section 15-1-3 Foreign language interpreters. (a)(1) If at any stage of a criminal proceeding,
protection from abuse proceeding, or juvenile court proceeding or during the juvenile court
intake process conducted pursuant to Sections 12-15-118 and 12-15-120 and Rule 12 of the Alabama
Rules of Juvenile Procedure, the defendant, juvenile, complainant, petitioner, or a witness
informs the court that he or she does not speak or adequately understand the English language,
the court may appoint an interpreter. (2) The defendant, juvenile, complainant, petitioner,
or witness shall inform the appropriate court of his or her need for an interpreter immediately
upon receiving notice to appear in the court. (3) If the court determines that due process
considerations require an interpreter, the court shall appoint a qualified person to interpret
the proceedings for the defendant, juvenile, complainant, petitioner, or witness requesting
assistance. The interpreter shall also interpret the testimony...
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15-12-42
Section 15-12-42 Powers and duties. The public defender shall have the following powers and
duties: (1) Within his or her geographic jurisdiction, the public defender shall provide indigent
defense services as defined in Section 15-12-1 to indigent defendants. (2) The public defender,
at the request and with the consent of a municipal governing body and the office, shall represent
indigent defendants in a municipal court within his or her geographic jurisdiction. The municipality
shall reimburse the office of the public defender for the costs associated with the services
rendered. (3) The public defender, with consent of the director, may represent an indigent
defendant in a state appellate court. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-106; Act 2011-678, p. 1862,
§6.)...
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32-5A-191.4
Section 32-5A-191.4 Ignition interlock devices. (a) As used in Section 32-5A-191, the term,
"ignition interlock device" means a constant monitoring device that prevents a motor
vehicle from being started at any time without first determining the equivalent blood alcohol
level of the operator through the taking of a breath sample for testing. The system shall
be calibrated so that the motor vehicle may not be started if the blood alcohol level of the
operator, as measured by the test, reaches a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.02. (b)
The ignition interlock device shall be installed, calibrated, and monitored directly by trained
technicians who shall train the offender for whom the device is being installed in the proper
use of the device. The use of a mail in or remote calibration system where the technician
is not in the immediate proximity of the vehicle being calibrated is prohibited. The Department
of Forensic Sciences shall promulgate rules for punishment and appeal for...
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32-5A-195
Section 32-5A-195 Cancellation, suspension, or revocation of driver's license; grounds, procedure,
etc. (a) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency is authorized to cancel
any driver's license upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to the issuance thereof
or that the licensee failed to give the correct or required information in his or her application.
Upon such cancellation, the licensee must surrender the license so cancelled. If the licensee
refuses to surrender the license, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) The privilege
of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident shall be subject
to suspension or revocation by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency in
like manner and for like cause as a driver's license issued may be suspended or revoked. (c)
The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency is further authorized, upon receiving
a record of the conviction in this state of a...
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45-45-83.48
Section 45-45-83.48 Individual agreement between offender and district attorney. (a) In any
case in which an offender is admitted into a PTIP there shall be a written agreement between
the district attorney and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the intervention
program, the length of the program, and the period of time after which the district attorney
will dispose of the charges against the offender in a noncriminal manner or what charges the
defendant shall plead guilty to and the sentence the offender shall receive. In all cases
where as part of the PTIP the offender agrees to plead guilty to a particular offense and
receive a specific sentence which shall be approved by an appropriate circuit or district
judge of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit prior to admission to the PTIP. (b) As a condition
of being admitted to the PTIP the district attorney may require the offender to agree to any
of the following terms or conditions: (1) Attend school including, but not...
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45-9-82.29
Section 45-9-82.29 Written agreement; other terms and conditions. (a) In any case in which
an offender is admitted into a pretrial diversion program, there shall be a written agreement
between the district attorney and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the
pretrial diversion program, the length of the program, and the period of time after which
the district attorney will dispose of the charges against the offender in a noncriminal manner
or what charges the defendant will plead guilty to and the sentence the offender will receive.
If, as part of the pretrial diversion program, the offender agrees to plead guilty to a particular
offense and receives a specific sentence, this agreement concerning the offense and sentence
shall be approved by an appropriate Circuit or District Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit
prior to admission of the offender in the pretrial diversion program. The district attorney
may recommend that the court withhold adjudication of guilt or...
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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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12-21-135.1
Section 12-21-135.1 Video testimony by certain witnesses. (a) This section shall be known as
the "Alabama Armed Services Accommodation Act." (b) The Legislature finds it to
be an important matter of public policy that an accommodation be made for military members
who are asked to testify in civil or criminal trials in this state but are unable to attend
in person. The purpose of this section is to ease the burdens on military personnel and their
families brought on by the duty of appearing as a witness in a trial in this state when summoned.
The purpose of this section is also to allow members of the armed services to assist in trials
in this state as witnesses without interrupting their military service, while protecting the
rights of all parties in civil or criminal litigation. The purpose of this section is also
to better enable the fact-finder to obtain crucial evidence and will aid in the expeditious
resolution of cases in this state by providing a procedure in which testimony of...
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30-5-5
Section 30-5-5 Standing to file sworn petition for protection order; disclosure of information;
costs and fees. (a) The following persons have standing to file a sworn petition for a protection
order under this chapter as a plaintiff: (1) A person who is at least 18 years old or is otherwise
emancipated and is the victim of abuse, as defined in Section 30-5-2, or has reasonable cause
to believe he or she is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of any act of abuse. (2)
A parent, legal guardian, next friend, court-appointed guardian ad litem, or the State Department
of Human Resources may petition for relief on behalf of the following: a. A minor child. b.
Any person prevented by physical or mental incapacity from seeking a protection order. (b)
Standardized petitions for actions pursuant to this chapter shall be made available through
the circuit clerks' offices around the state. The circuit clerk shall not provide assistance
to persons in completing the forms or in presenting...
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34-26-46
Section 34-26-46 Grounds for disciplinary action; mental or physical competence; penalties;
judicial review; disciplinary oversight. (a) The board shall suspend, place on probation,
or require remediation, or any combination thereof, for any psychologist or psychological
technician for a specified time, to be determined at the discretion of the board, or revoke
any license to practice as a psychologist or psychological technician or take any other action
specified in the rules and regulations whenever the board finds by a preponderance of the
evidence that the psychologist or psychological technician has engaged in any of the following
acts or offenses: (1) Fraud or deception in applying for or procuring a license to practice
as a psychologist or psychological technician; or in passing the examination provided for
in this chapter. (2) Practice as a psychologist or psychological technician under a false
or assumed name or the impersonation of another practitioner of a like or different...
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