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12-16-145
Section 12-16-145 Alternate juror selection and qualification plan; master list; random selection;
disqualification. Notwithstanding any provision of Title 12, Chapter 16, the presiding circuit
judge, with the consent of the circuit judges of the court, may elect to utilize the following
alternate juror selection and qualification plan after notice to the Administrative Director
of Courts, which eliminates the master jury box and the interposition of the jury commission
in the qualifying process, and embraces and combines the qualification and summoning process,
as follows: The jury commission shall meet and cause to be compiled and maintained a master
list of persons in the county, together with their residence addresses, who may be called
for jury service. The list shall be compiled and maintained, avoiding duplication as far as
possible, from one or more of the sources named in Section 12-16-57 to include persons whose
listings will foster the policy and protect the rights provided...
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45-27-80.60
Section 45-27-80.60 Excusal of jurors. In all capital cases where trial by jury is held before
the circuit court in the Twenty-first Judicial Circuit of Alabama, the judge presiding over
the empanelment of the jury venire in the capital case is authorized to excuse any prospective
juror outside the presence of the defendant provided the juror has a legal excuse for being
excused and it shall be within the discretion of the judge to determine whether the prospective
juror's excuse is legal; provided that in no case shall there be a smaller number of jurors
to select from in the capital case than provided by statutes not in force and effect. (Act
80-712, p. 1446, §1.)...
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12-16-59
Section 12-16-59 Drawings from master jury box; preparation and contents of juror qualification
forms; completion of qualification forms by prospective jurors; misrepresentation of material
facts on qualification forms. (a) From time to time and in a manner prescribed by the circuit
court, the jury commission shall publicly draw at random from the master jury box the names
or identifying numbers of as many prospective jurors as the court orders. Neither the names
drawn nor any list thereof shall be disclosed to any person other than pursuant to this article
or specific order of the court. The jury commission shall mail to every prospective juror
whose name is drawn from the master jury box a juror qualification form accompanied by instructions
to fill out and return the form to the jury commission within 10 days after its receipt. (b)
The juror qualification form shall be prepared by the Supreme Court of Alabama and shall elicit
the name, age and address of the prospective juror, and...
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20-2-92
Section 20-2-92 Injunctions. (a) The circuit courts of this state have jurisdiction to restrain
or enjoin violations of this chapter. (b) The defendant may demand trial by jury for an alleged
violation of an injunction or temporary restraining order under this section. (Acts 1971,
No. 1407, p. 2378, §503.)...
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12-16-146
Section 12-16-146 Use of mechanical or electronic data processing equipment for selecting,
qualifying, etc., juries. Any of the procedures established in Title 12, Chapter 16, governing
the selecting, qualifying, drawing, summoning, and empaneling of juries (including but not
limited to any one or all of the following procedures: compilation and maintenance of the
master list; the combined qualification and summoning process; the selection and maintenance
of the trial court jury box, including the preparation and issuance of qualification questionnaires;
the drawing from the trial court jury box; the preparation of the venire list and summons;
or the compilation of the master or other strike lists) may be accomplished and maintained
by mechanical or electronic data processing equipment available to an individual county or
to several counties, or centralized for all the counties or any combination thereof after
written notice to the Administrative Director of Courts. The actual presence...
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33-5-33
Section 33-5-33 Fees in certain prosecutions. In all misdemeanor cases for violations of the
provisions of this article and regulations promulgated thereunder, and in all misdemeanor
cases for violation of future laws, the enforcement of which is assigned to the Marine Police
Division of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, cognizable in district
courts or circuit courts, where the defendant pleads guilty and no appeal is taken, no fee
shall be taxed or collected in said court for trial tax, district attorney's fee or entering
judgment in such cases. (Acts 1967, No. 288, p. 817.)...
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28-4-279
Section 28-4-279 Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings in circuit courts. A search warrant
may be issued by any judge of a circuit court, and on the return of the warrant, the same
proceedings may be had before the judge sitting as a court as are prescribed in this article
for the trial before district court judges issuing said warrants. Any defendant to the warrant
in such circuit court may have a jury trial upon demanding the same at the time he files his
verified answer and claim. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923,
§4766; Code 1940, T. 29, §235.)...
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12-12-32
Section 12-12-32 Criminal jurisdiction generally. (a) Misdemeanors. The district court shall
have exclusive original trial jurisdiction over prosecutions of all offenses defined by law
or ordinance as misdemeanors, except: (1) Prosecutions by municipalities having municipal
courts; (2) Any such prosecution which also involves a felony offense which is within the
exclusive jurisdiction of the circuit court, except as the district court is empowered to
hold preliminary hearings with respect to felonies and to receive guilty pleas as provided
in subsection (b) of this section; and (3) Any misdemeanor for which an indictment has been
returned by a grand jury. (b) Felonies. (1) The district court may exercise original jurisdiction
concurrent with the circuit court to receive pleas of guilty in prosecutions of offenses defined
by law as felonies not punishable by sentence of death. (2) The district court shall have
jurisdiction to hold preliminary hearings in prosecutions for felonies as...
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12-16-74
Section 12-16-74 Hearing of excuses, claims of exemptions, etc.; drawing, swearing and empaneling
of grand and petit jurors. The court shall require the names to be called from the venire
list of all persons who have been served with a summons to appear in court that day for service
as jurors and whose service has not been previously excused or postponed. The court may hear
any excuses not previously heard and shall pass upon the qualifications of those in attendance
for grand jury service. The court may in any case, including capital cases, excuse or postpone
the service of any prospective juror outside the presence of the parties and their counsel
in accordance with the provisions for excusal contained in Section 12-16-63. If a grand jury
is to be empaneled, the court shall draw from the venire list on a random basis the names
of 18 persons qualified and in attendance who shall be sworn and empaneled as the grand jury.
If a petit jury is also to be empaneled, all qualified persons...
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12-19-181
Section 12-19-181 Schedule and distribution of additional fees. (a) In addition to any other
docket fees provided by law, including, but not limited to, the docket fees provided in Sections
12-19-171 and 12-19-176, the following fees shall be automatically assessed in cases in municipal,
juvenile, district, and circuit courts upon conviction or adjudication of the defendant of
any of the following offenses: (1) Unlawful possession of marihuana in the second degree in
violation of Section 13A-12-214 ...$40. (2) Possession of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor
conviction or adjudication, in violation of subsection (c) of Section 13A-12-260 ...$40. (3)
Delivery, sale, manufacture, etc. of drug paraphernalia in violation of subsection (d) of
Section 13A-12-260: a. Misdemeanor ...$40. b. Felony ...$60. (4) Felony unlawful possession
of a controlled substance in violation of Sections 13A-12-212 and 13A-12-213 ...$60. (5) Obtaining
a...
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