13A-5-53.1
Section 13A-5-53.1 Appeals of capital punishment. (a) Rule 32.2(c) of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure shall not apply to cases in which a criminal defendant is convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, and files a petition for post-conviction relief under the grounds specified in Rule 32.1(a), (e), or (f) of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure. (b) Post-conviction remedies sought pursuant to Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure in death penalty cases shall be pursued concurrently and simultaneously with the direct appeal of a case in which the death penalty was imposed. In all cases where the defendant is deemed indigent or as the trial judge deems appropriate, the trial court, within 30 days of the entry of the order pronouncing the defendant's death sentence, shall appoint the defendant a separate counsel for the purposes of post-conviction relief under this section. Appointed counsel shall be compensated pursuant to Chapter 12 of Title 15;...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/13A-5-53.1.htm - 5K - Match Info - Similar pages
19-3-28
Section 19-3-28 Notice to creditors. Upon the making of such order the register or clerk must give notice thereof by mail, postage prepaid, to each creditor whose name and address he may, by diligent inquiry and investigation, ascertain from the trustee, or assignor, or the record of the deed of assignment in the office of the judge of probate, or any other available source of information, and must also give notice by publication once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county, or if there be no such paper, by posting the notice at the courthouse door for the same length of time. Such notice may be substantially in the following form: "To the creditors of A.B., of _____: "The said A.B., having made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, and C.D. having filed his petition for the administration of such trust by the circuit court, and the circuit judge having made an order designating the _____ day of _____, as a day by or on which all claims of...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/19-3-28.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
15-13-131
Section 15-13-131 Proceeding in forfeiture of bail - Not cash - Conditional forfeitures order. (a) When a defendant fails to appear in court as required by the undertaking of bail and no sufficient excuse has been provided to the court prior to the hearing, the court shall order a conditional forfeiture and show cause order against the defendant and the sureties of the bail. The court shall notify defendant and sureties of the order as set out in this article. The defendant or sureties, or both, shall file a written response with the clerk of the court within 28 days of the date of service of the notice why the bond should not be forfeited. If a written response is filed within the time allowed and the court is of the opinion the written response is sufficient, the court shall set aside the conditional forfeiture. If the court is of the opinion the written response is not sufficient, the court shall set a hearing to determine whether the bond should be forfeited. The hearing shall not...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/15-13-131.htm - 3K - Match Info - Similar pages
17-3-52
Section 17-3-52 Examination and oath of applicants; disclosure of information. The board of registrars shall have power to examine, under oath or affirmation, all applicants for registration, and to take testimony touching the qualifications of such applicants, but no applicant shall be required to answer any question, written or oral, not related to his or her qualifications to register. In order to aid the registrars to judicially determine if applicants to register have the qualifications to register to vote, each applicant shall be furnished by the board a written application, which shall be uniform in all cases with no discrimination as between applicants, the form and contents of which application shall be promulgated by rule by the Secretary of State of the State of Alabama. The application shall be so worded that there will be placed before the registrars information necessary or proper to aid them to pass upon the qualifications of each applicant. The application shall be...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/17-3-52.htm - 3K - Match Info - Similar pages
6-5-4
Section 6-5-4 Recovery of public moneys, funds or property. (a) The Governor may cause actions to be commenced for the recovery of any public moneys, funds, or property of the state or of any county which have been lost by the neglect or default of any public officer, which have been wrongfully expended or disbursed by such officer, which have been wrongfully used by such officer, or which have been wrongfully received from him. (b) In the event any public officer or agent of the state or any depositary or custodian of public funds or moneys has wrongfully used such funds or moneys, actions for the recovery thereof may be commenced before any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter; and it shall not be ground of objection to such an action that either, any, or all of the parties defendant do not reside within the county or within the district in which such action is commenced. (c) Such action may be commenced in any court of competent jurisdiction; and such officer or agent,...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/6-5-4.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages
37-14-12
Section 37-14-12 Judicial determination of legality, etc., of article - Contents of complaint; order and notice of hearing to show cause; intervention. (a) The complaint by appropriate allegations, references and/or exhibits shall briefly state the following: the authority for the purchase and sale of distribution facilities and other transactions and restrictions under this article; the nature of any franchise heretofore issued by a municipality which will be affected; a general description of restrictions imposed by this article; the proposed date when the purchase and sale or other transaction is to be effective, and the impact which such restrictions and sale shall have on the parties and the public. (b) The judge of said court shall, upon the filing and presentation of said complaint, issue an order against the citizens of the state, and other defendants requiring them to show cause, at a time and place to be designated in said order, which time shall be not less than 35 days nor...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/37-14-12.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages
37-14-38
Section 37-14-38 Validation procedure; authorization for validation of provisions of article. In order to foster and encourage the underlying policies of this article and to assure that sales and purchases of distribution facilities, and other transactions and actions authorized or allowed by this article may be conducted in good faith with a knowledge of the validity of the provisions hereof, and further, to assure that irrevocable commitments are not made in the implementation of the provisions of this article without the assurance of their legality and validity, the following judicial review process is hereby authorized and it is declared to be the legislative intent that the provisions of this statute be judicially reviewed and validated pursuant to the procedure set forth herein and that the circuit court enter a judgment in accordance with the procedure set forth herein. (1) FILING OF COMPLAINT FOR DETERMINATION AS TO LEGALITY OF PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE. - At any time subsequent to...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/37-14-38.htm - 10K - Match Info - Similar pages
10A-20-5.03
Section 10A-20-5.03 Disposition of property of educational corporations where the stockholders are unknown or the number of shares is unknown. (a) Where the charter of any educational corporation organized under the laws of this state, general or special, provides for the issuance of stock and the stockholders are unknown or where the amount or number of shares are unknown, the property of the corporation may be disposed of as follows: The acting trustees or directors having peaceable charge of the business and property of the corporation, whether legally elected or not, may contract to sell or otherwise dispose of the property of the corporation in the manner as they may deem best to carry out the purpose of the corporation, which action must be concurred in by a majority of the acting trustees or directors. (b) Within 30 days after making the contract or agreement, the trustees or directors shall cause to be filed in the name of the corporation, in the circuit court of the county in...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/10A-20-5.03.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages
15-15-4
Section 15-15-4 Forms of pleas, replications, rejoinders and demurrers. The following forms of pleas, replications, rejoinders and demurrers are sufficient in all cases in which they are applicable, but they are not exclusive, and any other form sufficient at common law, under the statutes or any analogous or kindred pleadings, where no form is provided in this Code, may be used: (1) CAPTION. - The following caption may be used as a part of each of the following forms: The State of Alabama, v. In _____ court, ____County. A.B. (2) GENERAL FORM OF PLEA. - Comes the defendant (in his own proper person, or by attorney) and for plea says: The state ought not further to prosecute this indictment against him because _____ (stating matter constituting the plea). And this the defendant is ready to verify and prays judgment that he be discharged (or it may conclude, "and of this he puts himself upon the country," whenever appropriate). ___, defendant or attorney for defendant. (3)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/15-15-4.htm - 8K - Match Info - Similar pages
2-19-63
Section 2-19-63 Enforcement of rules and regulations, etc.; denial or revocation of permits. (a) It shall be the duty of the commissioner to enforce the requirements of law relative to cotton gins and to see that all rules and regulations relative to cotton gins that may be established from time to time by him and approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries are observed. (b) The said commissioner shall have power to refuse to issue a permit and to revoke at any time the permit that has been issued to any cotton ginner who fails or refuses to comply with the law or with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (c) Any cotton ginner to whom such commissioner refuses to issue a permit or whose permit has been revoked may appeal to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, which shall consider the matter with as little delay as possible and make such order as may be justified by the facts. (d) The action of the board in refusing to...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/2-19-63.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
|