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12-21-246
Section 12-21-246 Subpoena of witnesses - Execution. (a) In criminal cases, at the request
of the state, or the defendant or the defendant's attorney, the clerk of the court must issue
subpoenas for witnesses whose address shall be given by the person requesting the subpoena,
specifying therein the time and place for their appearance, the title of the case and at whose
instance the witness is summoned, and commanding the witness to appear in conformity therewith
and give testimony. (b) No subpoena shall issue for a witness residing more than 100 miles
from the place of trial, computed by the route usually traveled, unless the person requesting
the subpoena makes affidavit that the personal attendance of the witness is necessary to a
proper decision of the case and that the deposition of the witness would be insufficient for
that purpose, and the fact that such affidavit has been made must be endorsed by the clerk
upon the subpoena. (c) A subpoena issued under this section shall be...
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31-2A-46
Section 31-2A-46 (Article 46.) Opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence; subpoena.
The trial counsel, the defense counsel, and the court-martial shall have equal opportunity
to obtain witnesses and other evidence as prescribed by regulations and provided by law. Process
issued in court-martial cases to compel witnesses to appear and testify and to compel the
production of other evidence shall apply the principles of law and the rules of courts-martial
generally recognized in military criminal cases in the courts of the Armed Forces of the United
States, but which may not be contrary to or inconsistent with this code. Process shall run
to any part of the United States, or the territories, commonwealths, and possessions, and
may be executed by civil officers as prescribed by the laws of the place where the witness
or evidence is located or outside of the United States. A court-martial convened under this
code may subpoena and compel the presence of witnesses and the production...
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12-19-272
Section 12-19-272 Court to award fees and costs against attorney or party who brought action
without substantial justification; voluntary dismissal. (a) Except as otherwise provided in
this article, in any civil action commenced or appealed in any court of record in this state,
the court shall award, as part of its judgment and in addition to any other costs otherwise
assessed, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs against any attorney or party, or both, who
has brought a civil action, or asserted a claim therein, or interposed a defense, that a court
determines to be without substantial justification, either in whole or part; (b) When a court
determines reasonable attorneys' fees or costs should be assessed it shall assess the payment
thereof against the offending attorneys or parties, or both, and in its discretion may allocate
among them, as it determines most just, and may assess the full amount or any portion thereof
to any offending attorney or party; (c) The court shall assess...
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45-21-233
Section 45-21-233 Methods of service. (a) In the service of summons and complaints or subpoenas
requiring the attendance of witnesses in any civil, criminal, equity, or other case or proceeding
in either the small claims court, district court, or Circuit Court of Crenshaw County, whether
civil, criminal or juvenile, or before the grand jury, may, in addition to any other mode
of service provided by law or rule, be served by the sheriff or constable personally or by
leaving a copy thereof at the place of residence of the witness, or the sheriff may serve
the same by placing a copy thereof in the United States mail, certified, return receipt requested,
enclosing the subpoena in an envelope properly stamped and addressed to the person or witness
to be served. Upon service by the sheriff upon any witness or person by anyone of the foregoing
methods, provided in this section, the sheriff shall immediately mark the process executed.
If the subpoena so mailed is not delivered to the address...
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45-35A-51.24
Section 45-35A-51.24 Investigations. The board and the director shall make a study of all matters
touching the administration and enforcement of this part and the rules and regulations adopted
thereunder. To this end, the board or the director may visit all offices and places of employment
to ascertain information and to advise with the heads of the various departments concerning
their method of handling matters affecting the service; and to ascertain if this part and
the adopted rules and regulations are fully complied with. The board or director, in the course
of such inquiries, shall have the power to administer oaths, subpoena, and require the attendance
of witnesses and the production of records, books, papers, and documents pertaining to the
subject matter under investigation. The board, or the director, shall have the authority to
inquire into the number of employees in any office or department and, after notice and an
opportunity to be heard by the appointing authority and the...
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45-37-121.10
Section 45-37-121.10 Investigations. The director of personnel shall make investigations and
report to the personnel board upon all matters touching the enforcement and the effect of
this part and the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder. He or she may inspect all places
of employment and services affected by this part in order to ascertain and advise with the
heads of the various departments concerning their methods of handling those matters affecting
employees in the service, such as hours of work, attendance, training, working conditions,
morale, and in order to ascertain whether this part and all such rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder are obeyed. The director of personnel in the course of such investigations, shall
have the power to administer oaths, subpoena, and require the attendance of witnesses, and
the production of books, papers, documents, and accounts pertaining to the subject under investigation.
All hearings and investigations made by the director of...
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11-25-13
Section 11-25-13 Disposition of funds. (a) In any county that has established a county law
library fund pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to local act, and in any county which hereafter
shall establish a law library fund pursuant to lawful authority, in addition to, and not to
supersede, the authority granted to the presiding judge in a judicial circuit by such authority,
the presiding circuit judge may authorize the moneys designated for the use of the law library
to be expended for any of the following purposes: (1) The purchase of books, periodicals,
equipment, software, hardware, furniture, fixtures, technology, and computers. (2) The cost
of securing advice and attendance of witnesses. (3) Registration fees and expenses incurred
by the judges and court employees when attending seminars, institutions, conferences, and
other meetings related to continuing legal education and judicial education. Allowances and
reimbursements for expenses incurred by the judges and court employees...
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12-21-184
Section 12-21-184 Securing attendance of witnesses until case disposed of. In all civil cases
where the case is not decided at the first session, witnesses who have been served with subpoenas
must not again be summoned by the clerk for further attendance, unless otherwise directed
by the party originally summoning them, but such witnesses are bound to attend from session
to session until the case is disposed of. If a judgment is entered in the case which is reversed
on appeal, new subpoenas must be issued when the case is reset for trial; provided, however,
that in the circuit court of counties having a population of 400,000 or more, according to
the last or any subsequent federal census, the clerk of the said court must subpoena witnesses
to attend court at each regular setting of a case after said witnesses have once been ordered
summoned by the party, unless otherwise directed by said party originally summoning them.
(Code 1852, §2306; Code 1867, §2708; Code 1876, §3063; Code...
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12-22-197
Section 12-22-197 Order to prepare record on appeal; order authorizing payment of fees and
transmission thereof to state Comptroller. If it appears to the trial court, after full investigation,
that the defendant or petitioner is without sufficient funds, and has no reasonable way to
procure same, to pay the court reporter all of his lawful fee for transcribing the evidence
and other proceedings had at the trial or the fees of the clerk incident to an appeal or that
the defendant or petitioner has reasonably available to him only enough funds to pay a part
of such fees, he shall make and enter an order requiring the court reporter to transcribe
all or such parts of evidence of the proceedings occurring at the trial that may be necessary
to afford the appellate court a record of sufficient completeness for review and shall order
the clerk to prepare the record on appeal. The trial court shall, at said time, make and enter
an order authorizing the payment of a sum certain to the court...
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15-22-32
Section 15-22-32 Parole court; hearing officers; sanctions; delegation of authority. (a) Whenever
there is reasonable cause to believe that a prisoner who has been paroled has violated his
or her parole, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, at its next meeting, may declare the prisoner
to be delinquent, and time owed shall date from the delinquency. The Department of Corrections,
after receiving notice from the sheriff of the county jail where the state prisoner is being
held, shall promptly notify the board of the return of a paroled prisoner charged with violation
of his or her parole. Thereupon, the board, a single member of the board, a parole revocation
hearing officer, or a designated parole officer shall hold a parole court at the prison or
at another place as it may determine within 20 business days and consider the case of the
parole violator, who shall be given an opportunity to appear personally or by counsel before
the board or the parole court and produce witnesses and...
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