15-23-60
Section 15-23-60 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ACCUSED. A person who has been arrested for committing a criminal offense and who is held for an initial appearance or other proceeding before trial. (2) APPELLATE PROCEEDING. An oral argument held in open court before the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, the Supreme Court of Alabama, a federal court of appeals, or the United States Supreme Court. (3) ARREST. The actual custodial restraint of a person or his or her submission to custody. (4) COMMUNITY STATUS. Extension of the limits of the places of confinement of a prisoner through work release, supervised intensive restitution (SIR), and initial consideration of pre-discretionary leave, passes, and furloughs. (5) COURT. All state courts including juvenile courts. (6) CRIME VICTIM ADVOCATE. A person who is employed or authorized by a public entity or a private entity that receives public funding primarily to provide...
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34-28A-26
Section 34-28A-26 Suspension or revocation of licenses or issuance of reprimands to licensees; appeals; restoration of licenses revoked, reduction of suspensions, etc. (a) The license of any licensee under this chapter may be suspended or revoked, or a reprimand may be issued by the board, upon a finding of the board that the licensee has committed any of, but not limited to, the following acts: (1) Has been convicted of a felony in any court of the United States, if the acts for which the person is convicted are found by the board to have a direct bearing on whether the individual should be entrusted to serve the public as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist. (2) Has been guilty of fraud or deceit in connection with his or her services rendered as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist. (3) Has aided or abetted a person, not a licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist, in illegally representing himself or herself as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist...
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6-11-3
Section 6-11-3 Future damages; requirements if damages greater than $150,000; attorney's fees; periodic payments over period of years; specific findings; evidence of financial ability to make payments; evidence of present value inadmissible. Where the damages assessed against a defendant by the trier of fact include an award of future damages, the trial court shall comply with the following in rendering its judgment in the case: (1) Judgment shall be entered against the defendant for all past damages and punitive damages assessed against the defendant by the trier of fact. (2) If the award of future damages assessed by the trier of fact is $150,000 or less, the trial court shall enter judgment against the defendants for the amount of such future damages. (3) If the award of future damages assessed by the trier of fact is greater than $150,000, the trial court shall enter judgment as follows: a. Judgment shall be entered against the defendant for $150,000 of such future damage. b. If,...
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6-3-7
Section 6-3-7 Venue of actions - Against foreign and domestic corporations. (a) All civil actions against corporations may be brought in any of the following counties: (1) In the county in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of real property that is the subject of the action is situated; or (2) In the county of the corporation's principal office in this state; or (3) In the county in which the plaintiff resided, or if the plaintiff is an entity other than an individual, where the plaintiff had its principal office in this state, at the time of the accrual of the cause of action, if such corporation does business by agent in the county of the plaintiff's residence; or (4) If subdivisions (1), (2), or (3) do not apply, in any county in which the corporation was doing business by agent at the time of the accrual of the cause of action. (b) The residence of only any properly joined named class representative or...
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6-6-259
Section 6-6-259 Actions by mortgagees or vendor in conditional sale contract, etc., against mortgagors or vendees, etc. (a) If the action is by a mortgagee or his assignee against a mortgagor, or one holding under him, or by a vendor who has made a conditional sale reserving the title until the entire purchase money shall be paid, or his assignee, against his vendee or one holding under him, the defendant may, upon suggestion, require that the jury ascertain the amount of the mortgage debt or the unpaid balance of the purchase price of the article sold; and if the debt due is ascertained to be less than the value of the property sued for as assessed by the jury, judgment must be entered for the property sued for or if that is not to be had, then for the amount of the debt as ascertained by the jury. The court must also make an order that, if the debt so ascertained, interest and costs, shall be paid within 30 days, no execution or other process shall issue on the judgment; and on...
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8-19-8
Section 8-19-8 Restraining orders. (a) Whenever the office of the Attorney General or the office of the district attorney has reason to believe that any person is engaging in, has engaged in or is about to engage in any act or practice declared to be unlawful by this chapter, the Attorney General or the district attorney may bring an action in the name of the state against such person to restrain by temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction such acts or practices. However, unless the Attorney General or district attorney determines that a person subject to the provisions of this chapter designs quickly to depart from this state or to remove his property therefrom, or to conceal himself or his property therein, or to continue practices unlawful under this chapter, he shall, before initiating any legal proceedings is contemplated, allow such person a reasonable opportunity to appear before the Attorney General or district attorney and solve the dispute to the...
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9-9-58
Section 9-9-58 Construction of article; effect of defect in proceedings upon collection of assessment; remedies provided in article exclusive. The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to promote the storing of beneficial water, leveeing, ditching, draining and otherwise to provide protection from flooding of wet and overflowed lands, and for flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water. The collection of the assessment shall not be defeated, when the proper notices have been given, by reason of any defect in the proceedings occurring prior to the order of the court confirming the final report of the viewers, but such order or orders shall be conclusive and final evidence that all prior proceedings were regular and according to law, unless they were appealed from. If on appeal the court shall deem it just and proper to release any person or to modify his assessment or liability, it shall in no manner affect the rights and...
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12-14-13
Section 12-14-13 Probation. (a) Municipal courts may suspend execution of sentence and place a defendant on probation for varying periods of time, not to exceed two years. (b) The court may require such investigations as may be deemed necessary and desirable to be made by a probation officer or such other suitable person or persons as the court may designate as to the circumstances of the offense and the criminal record, social history and present condition of the defendant. (c) The court may suspend the execution of sentence and continue the defendant under an existing bond or may require such additional bail as it deems necessary pending the disposition of the application for probation. (d) The court shall determine and may, at any time, modify the conditions of probation and may require the probationer to comply with the following or any other conditions: (1) To avoid injurious or vicious habits; (2) To avoid persons or places of disreputable or harmful character; (3) To report to...
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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-5-45
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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