13A-5-47
Section 13A-5-47 Determination of sentence by court; presentation of arguments on aggravating and mitigating circumstances; court to enter written findings. (a) After the sentence hearing has been conducted, and after the jury has returned a verdict, or after such a verdict has been waived as provided in Section 13A-5-46(a) or Section 13A-5-46(g), the trial court shall impose sentence. Where the jury has returned a verdict of death, the court shall sentence the defendant to death. Where a sentence of death is not returned by the jury, the court shall sentence the defendant to life imprisonment without parole. This code section shall not affect a trial court's power to sentence in accordance with a guilty plea. (b) Where the sentencing jury is waived pursuant to Section 13A-5-44 and before imposing sentence the trial court shall permit the parties to present arguments concerning the existence of aggravating and mitigating circumstances and the proper sentence to be imposed in the case....
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15-22-26.2
Section 15-22-26.2 Mandatory supervision period on certain sentences. (a) A convicted defendant sentenced to a period of confinement under the supervision of the Department of Corrections shall be subject to the following provisions, unless the defendant is released to a term of probation or released on parole under the provisions of Chapter 22 of Title 15: (1) If the defendant is sentenced to a period of five years or less, he or she shall be released to supervision by the Board of Pardons and Paroles no less than three months and no more than five months prior to the defendant's release date; (2) If the defendant is sentenced to a period of more than five years but less than 10 years, he or she shall be released to supervision by the Board of Pardons and Paroles no less than six months and no more than nine months prior to the defendant's release date; or (3) If the defendant is sentenced to a period of 10 years or more, he or she shall be released to supervision by the Board of...
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15-22-52
Section 15-22-52 Conditions of probation. The court shall determine and may at any time modify the conditions of probation and shall include among them the following or any other conditions. Such conditions shall provide that the probationer shall: (1) Avoid injurious or vicious habits; (2) Avoid persons or places of disreputable or harmful character; (3) Report to the probation officer as directed; (4) Permit the probation officer to visit him or her at his or her home or elsewhere; (5) Work faithfully at suitable employments as far as possible; (6) Remain within a specified place; (7) Pay the fine imposed or costs or such portions thereof as the court may determine and in such installments as the court may direct; (8) Make reparation or restitution to the aggrieved party for the damage or loss caused by his or her offense in an amount to be determined by the court; (9) Support his or her dependents to the best of his or her ability; and (10) Submit to behavioral treatment, substance...
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13A-5-53
Section 13A-5-53 Appellate review of death sentence; scope; remand; specific determinations to be made by court; authority of court following review. (a) In any case in which the death penalty is imposed, in addition to reviewing the case for any error involving the conviction, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, subject to review by the Alabama Supreme Court, shall also review the propriety of the death sentence. This review shall include the determination of whether any error adversely affecting the rights of the defendant was made in the sentence proceedings, whether the trial court's findings concerning the aggravating and mitigating circumstances were supported by the evidence, and whether death was the proper sentence in the case. If the court determines that an error adversely affecting the rights of the defendant was made in the sentence proceedings or that one or more of the trial court's findings concerning aggravating and mitigating circumstances were not supported by the...
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15-22-55
Section 15-22-55 Assessment and payment of court costs of termination of probation proceedings. All costs of court, including witness fees, relating to a termination of probation proceeding shall be assessed and paid in the same manner as if no suspension of execution of sentence had intervened. (Acts 1939, No. 278, p. 434; Code 1940, T. 42, §25; Acts 1945, No. 426, p. 666; Acts 1953, No. 750, p. 1013.)...
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30-4-52
Section 30-4-52 Probation for defendants released prior to completion of sentence. Persons sentenced to serve a term in jail or at hard labor under the terms of this article may, if released by the court before the expiration of their term of sentence, as is provided for in this article, be placed on probation for the remainder of such term, upon the same terms and conditions and in the manner prescribed in this article for the probation of offenders not serving sentences. (Acts 1919, No. 181, p. 176; Code 1923, §4482; Code 1940, T. 34, §92.)...
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45-37-83.20
Section 45-37-83.20 Additional fee - Family Court Probation Fund. (a) In Jefferson County, in addition to all other costs and charges in district court cases, a fee of four dollars ($4) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the district court. This charge shall not be collected on traffic cases. The net monies derived from the charges hereinabove prescribed shall be remitted to the office of the family court administrator, who shall deposit such monies in the Family Court Probation Fund. (b) There is hereby established a Family Court Probation Fund for the deposit of the above described court cost monies. The fund shall be maintained in an interest bearing account in a bank of known responsibility by the family court administrator. (c) Any funds appropriated from this fund shall be strictly limited to family court programs endorsed by the chief probation officer and approved by the presiding family court circuit judge. (d) The family court administrator shall have the power to...
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13A-5-44
Section 13A-5-44 Jury selection and separation; waiver by defendant of jury participation in sentence hearing. (a) The selection of the jury for the trial of a capital case shall include the selection of at least two alternate jurors chosen according to procedures specified by law or court rule. (b) The separation of the jury during the pendency of the trial of a capital case shall be governed by applicable law or court rule. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the defendant with the consent of the state and with the approval of the court may waive the participation of a jury in the sentence hearing provided in Section 13A-5-46. Provided, however, before any such waiver is valid, it must affirmatively appear in the record that the defendant himself has freely waived his right to the participation of a jury in the sentence proceeding, after having been expressly informed of such right. (Acts 1981, No. 81-178, p. 203, §6.)...
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13A-5-45
Section 13A-5-45 Sentence hearing - Delay; statements and arguments; admissibility of evidence; burden of proof; mitigating and aggravating circumstances. (a) Upon conviction of a defendant for a capital offense, the trial court shall conduct a separate sentence hearing to determine whether the defendant shall be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole or to death. The sentence hearing shall be conducted as soon as practicable after the defendant is convicted. Provided, however, if the sentence hearing is to be conducted before the trial judge without a jury or before the trial judge and a jury other than the trial jury, as provided elsewhere in this article, the trial court with the consent of both parties may delay the sentence hearing until it has received the pre-sentence investigation report specified in Section 13A-5-47(b). Otherwise, the sentence hearing shall not be delayed pending receipt of the pre-sentence investigation report. (b) The state and the defendant shall be...
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15-13-109
Section 15-13-109 Bail in probation violation cases. In cases where the defendant has been placed on, or granted, probation and is arrested on a probation violation warrant, it shall be discretionary with the court having jurisdiction as to whether bail is granted and in what amount. (Acts 1993, No. 93-677, p. 1259, §10.)...
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