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15-6-20
Section 15-6-20 Examination of complainant and witnesses; form of affidavit. (a) Whenever complaint
is made to a judge of a circuit, district or municipal court that any person has threatened
or is about to commit an offense on the person or property of another, such judge must examine
the complainant and any witness he may produce on oath, reduce such examination to writing
and cause it to be subscribed by the party so examined. (b) The affidavit may be after the
following form: "State of Alabama, ___ County. Before me, ___,a (circuit, district or
municipal) judge (setting out his name and office) in and for said county and state, personally
appeared A. B., who, being duly sworn, deposes and says that C. D. has threatened to assault
and beat him (or is about) to ___ (here set forth the particular offense threatened or about
to be committed) on the person or property of affiant (or E. F., a third person, as the case
may be.) (Signed) A. B. Sworn to and subscribed...
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12-14-71
Section 12-14-71 Appeals from judgments of circuit courts and proceedings thereon. From the
judgment of the circuit court, the municipality, in a case holding invalid an ordinance, or
the defendant in any case, may appeal to the court of criminal appeals in like manner as in
cases of appeals for convictions of violation of the criminal laws of the state. If the appeal
is taken by the municipality, it shall not be required to give surety for the cost of appeal.
When taken by the defendant, he may give bail with sufficient sureties, conditioned that he
will appear and abide by the judgment of the appellate court; and, failing to give bail, he
must be committed to the municipal jail, but he may give such bail at any time pending the
appeal. When an appeal is taken by the defendant, bail is given pending the appeal and the
judgment of conviction is affirmed or the appeal is dismissed, the defendant is bound by the
undertaking of bail to surrender himself to the municipal authorities within...
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12-22-150
Section 12-22-150 Duty of trial judge to enter appeal; automatic stay of execution; how appeal
governed. In all cases wherein a defendant is tried and convicted for the commission of a
felony against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama and the death sentence is imposed,
it shall be the duty of the trial judge, immediately after the imposition of sentence, to
enter of record, with or without the direction or election of the defendant, that the defendant
appeals from said judgment of conviction. Upon the entry of an order of appeal from such judgment
of conviction, execution of sentence shall automatically be stayed pending said appeal. Said
appeal, except as otherwise provided in this division, shall in all respects be governed as
provided by law and rules of court. (Acts 1943, No. 249, p. 217, §2.)...
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6-6-78
Section 6-6-78 Order for receipt of sale proceeds by plaintiff pending action upon executing
refunding bond; notice of and hearing on motion therefor; forfeiture of bond; payment to defendant.
(a) When property levied on under an attachment has been sold pending the action, on motion
of the plaintiff, the judge of the court to which the attachment is returnable must, at any
time after 30 days from the levy, make and cause to be entered upon the minutes of the court
an order directing the officer having in his hands the proceeds of sale, after reserving an
amount to be fixed in the order to cover the probable costs and charges in the case, to pay
over to the plaintiff, or his attorney, the balance of such proceeds not exceeding the amount
of the plaintiff's demand, to be stated in the order, upon his giving bond in double the amount
of the money to be paid over, payable to the defendant with sufficient surety to be approved
by such officer and with condition that if he is cast in the...
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15-16-20
Section 15-16-20 Duty of judge to institute investigation on sanity of certain confined persons;
proceedings where person found insane. If any person other than a minor in confinement, under
indictment, for want of bail for good behavior, for keeping the peace or appearing as a witness,
in consequence of any summary conviction appears to be insane, the judge of the circuit court
of the county where he is confined must institute a careful investigation, call a respectable
physician and call other credible witnesses; and, if he deems it necessary, he may call a
jury, for which purpose he is empowered to compel attendance of witnesses and jurors. If it
is satisfactorily proved that the person is insane, the judge may discharge him from imprisonment
and order his safe custody and removal to the Alabama state hospitals, where he must remain
until restored to his right mind, and then, if the judge shall have so directed, the superintendent
must inform the judge and sheriff, whereupon the...
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15-5-16
Section 15-5-16 Restoration of taken property to defendant; property to be forwarded to court
if not restored. (a) If it appears that the property taken is not the same as that described
in a search warrant or that there is no probable cause for believing the existence of the
ground on which the warrant issued, the judge or the magistrate must direct it to be restored
to the person from whom it was taken. (b) If the property is not directed to be restored under
the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the judge or the magistrate shall annex
together the search warrant, the return and the depositions and return them to the court having
power to inquire into the offense in respect to which the search warrant was issued. (Code
1852, §§841, 842; Code 1867, §§4392, 4393; Code 1876, §§4021, 4022; Code 1886, §§4742,
4743; Code 1896, §§5499, 5500; Code 1907, §§7772, 7773; Code 1923, §§5486, 5487; Code
1940, T. 15, §§115, 116.)...
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31-2-112
Section 31-2-112 Ordering out of troops - Issuance of order by Governor; authority of local
civil authorities to order out troops. (a) Whenever there is an insurrection or outbreak of
a formidable character which has overawed, or threatens to overawe, the ordinary civil authorities,
or in cases of disaster, and the authorities in such county, city, or town, have attempted
and failed to quell the same by use of a posse comitatus, or it is apparent that such attempt
would be useless, the Governor on a certificate of such facts from any four conservators of
the peace in such county, city, or town, or from any circuit court judge, probate court judge,
sheriff, or justice of the Supreme Court, shall immediately order out such portion of the
National Guard or Militia as he may deem necessary to enforce the laws, and preserve the peace,
and the Governor may, when the urgency is great, order out such troops without any certificate
from either of the officers mentioned in this section, but in...
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15-20A-6
Section 15-20A-6 Allegation of sexual motivation. (a)(1) The indictment, count in the indictment,
information, complaint or warrant charging the offense may include a specification of sexual
motivation or the prosecuting attorney may file an allegation of sexual motivation in any
criminal case classified as a felony or Class A misdemeanor if sufficient admissible evidence
exists that would justify a finding of sexual motivation by a reasonable and objective finder
of fact. (2) If a specification is included in the indictment, count in the indictment, information,
complaint, or warrant charging the offense the specification shall be stated at the end of
the body of the indictment, count in the indictment, information, complaint, or warrant and
shall be in substantially the following form: "SPECIFICATION or SPECIFICATION TO THE
FIRST COUNT. The Grand Jurors (or insert appropriate name) further find and specify that the
offender committed the offense with a sexual motivation." (3) If the...
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13A-5-40
Section 13A-5-40 Capital offenses. (a) The following are capital offenses: (1) Murder by the
defendant during a kidnapping in the first degree or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant.
(2) Murder by the defendant during a robbery in the first degree or an attempt thereof committed
by the defendant. (3) Murder by the defendant during a rape in the first or second degree
or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant; or murder by the defendant during sodomy
in the first or second degree or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant. (4) Murder
by the defendant during a burglary in the first or second degree or an attempt thereof committed
by the defendant. (5) Murder of any police officer, sheriff, deputy, state trooper, federal
law enforcement officer, or any other state or federal peace officer of any kind, or prison
or jail guard, while the officer or guard is on duty, regardless of whether the defendant
knew or should have known the victim was an officer or guard on...
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13A-5-43
Section 13A-5-43 Trial of capital offenses; discharge of defendant; lesser included offenses;
sentencing. (a) In the trial of a capital offense the jury shall first hear all the admissible
evidence offered on the charge or charges against the defendant. It shall then determine whether
the defendant is guilty of the capital offense or offenses with which he is charged or of
any lesser included offense or offenses considered pursuant to Section 13A-5-41. (b) If the
defendant is found not guilty of the capital offense or offenses with which he is charged,
and not guilty of any lesser included offense or offenses considered pursuant to Section 13A-5-41,
the defendant shall be discharged. (c) If the defendant is found not guilty of the capital
offense or offenses with which he is charged, and is found guilty of a lesser included offense
or offenses considered pursuant to Section 13A-5-41, sentence shall be determined and imposed
as provided by law. (d) If the defendant is found guilty of a...
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