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12-16-63
Section 12-16-63 Excusing prospective jurors from service. (a) The court, upon the request
of a prospective juror pursuant to this section, shall determine on the basis of information
provided during an interview with the prospective juror or based on other competent evidence
whether the prospective juror should be excused from jury service. (b) A person who is not
disqualified for jury service may apply to be excused from jury service by the court only
upon a showing of undue or extreme physical or financial hardship, a mental or physical condition
that incapacitates the person, or public necessity, for a period of up to 24 months, at the
conclusion of which the person may be directed to reappear for jury service in accordance
with the court's direction. (1) A person asking to be excused based on undue or extreme physical
or financial hardship shall take all actions necessary to have obtained a ruling on that request
by no later than the date on which the individual is scheduled to...
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12-16-63.1
Section 12-16-63.1 Request for postponement of service. (a) Individuals scheduled to appear
for jury service have the right to postpone the date of their initial appearance for jury
service one time only. When requested, postponements shall be granted, upon consideration
of the following: (1) The juror has not previously been granted a postponement. (2) The prospective
juror appears in person or contacts the clerk by telephone, electronic mail, or in writing
to request a postponement. (3) Prior to the grant of a postponement with the concurrence of
the court, the prospective juror fixes a date certain on which he or she will appear for jury
service that is not more than six months after the date on which the prospective juror originally
was called to serve and on which date the court will be in session. (b) A subsequent request
to postpone jury service may be approved by a judicial officer only in the event of an extreme
emergency, such as a death in the family, sudden grave illness,...
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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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12-16-60
Section 12-16-60 Qualifications of jurors. (a) A prospective juror is qualified to serve on
a jury if the juror is generally reputed to be honest and intelligent and is esteemed in the
community for integrity, good character and sound judgment and also: (1) Is a citizen of the
United States, has been a resident of the county for more than 12 months and is over the age
of 19 years; (2) Is able to read, speak, understand and follow instructions given by a judge
in the English language; (3) Is capable by reason of physical and mental ability to render
satisfactory jury service, and is not afflicted with any permanent disease or physical weakness
whereby the juror is unfit to discharge the duties of a juror; (4) Has not lost the right
to vote by conviction for any offense involving moral turpitude. (b) The jury commission shall
determine, on the basis of information provided on the jury qualification form or interviews
with the prospective juror or other competent evidence: (1) If the...
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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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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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11-65-19
Section 11-65-19 Review of application for operator's license. (a) A commission shall promptly
consider any application for the issuance or transfer of an operator's license submitted to
it and shall grant or deny the issuance or transfer of such license based on all information
before it, including the results of investigations it deems appropriate. A commission shall
deny a license to any applicant unless it finds as follows: (1) That such applicant is a business
entity, whether a corporation, partnership, or other kind of organization, possessing the
organizational substance, financial soundness, managerial capability, and business experience
with racing and pari-mutuel wagering operations, or with businesses requiring similar managerial
experience and skill, that, in the reasonable judgment of the commission, are necessary to
conduct horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or greyhound racing and pari-mutuel
wagering thereon, as the case may be, at the location for which an...
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8-19A-4
Section 8-19A-4 Exemptions. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to: (1) A person engaging
in commercial telephone solicitation where the solicitation is an isolated transaction and
not done in the course of a pattern of repeated transactions of like nature. (2) A person
making calls for religious, charitable, political, educational, or other noncommercial purposes
or a person soliciting for a nonprofit corporation if that corporation is properly registered
with the Secretary of State and is included within the exemption of the Alabama Revenue Code
or Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or rural electric cooperatives formed under
Chapter 6 of Title 37 of the Code of Alabama or affiliates or subsidiaries thereof. (3) A
person soliciting: a. Without the intent to complete or obtain provisional acceptance of a
sale during the telephone solicitation. b. Who does not make the major sales presentation
during the telephone solicitation. c. Without the intent to complete, and...
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12-16-62
Section 12-16-62 No exemptions from jury service. No qualified prospective juror is exempt
from jury service. (Acts 1978, No. 594, p. 712, §8.)...
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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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