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15-10-7
Section 15-10-7 Arrests by private persons. (a) A private person may arrest another for any
public offense: (1) Committed in his presence; (2) Where a felony has been committed, though
not in his presence, by the person arrested; or (3) Where a felony has been committed and
he has reasonable cause to believe that the person arrested committed it. (b) An arrest for
felony may be made by a private person on any day and at any time. (c) A private person must,
at the time of the arrest, inform the person to be arrested of the cause thereof, except when
such person is in the actual commission of an offense, or arrested on pursuit. (d) If he is
refused admittance, after notice of his intention, and the person to be arrested has committed
a felony, he may break open an outer or inner door or window of a dwelling house. (e) It is
the duty of any private person, having arrested another for the commission of any public offense,
to take him without unnecessary delay before a judge or magistrate,...
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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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15-8-150
Section 15-8-150 Contents; sufficiency; use of analogous forms. The forms of indictment set
forth in this section in all cases in which they are applicable, are sufficient, and analogous
forms may be used in other cases. (1) CAPTION, COMMENCEMENT AND CONCLUSION GENERALLY. The
State of Alabama,) Circuit court, ___ session, ___) 20___ The grand jury of said county charge
that, before the finding of this indictment, etc. (describing the offense as in the following
forms), against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama. E.F.J.,District Attorney of
the ______ circuit. (2) ADVERTISING, ETC., UNREGISTERED SECURITIES. A. B. did, contrary to
law, and subsequent to the ____ day of ____, 20__, advertise (or otherwise describing the
unlawful act) in this state for the purpose of inducing or securing subscriptions to or sales
of the capital stock of the X. Y. company (or otherwise describing the security so advertised),
which said stock (or other security) had not then...
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15-10-6
Section 15-10-6 Offense committed in presence of judge or magistrate. When a public offense
is committed in the presence of a judge or magistrate, he may, by verbal or written order,
command any person to arrest the offender and, when the offender has been arrested, may thereupon
proceed as if such offender had been brought before him on a warrant of arrest. (Code 1852,
§448; Code 1867, §3997; Code 1876, §4667; Code 1886, §4265; Code 1896, §5214; Code 1907,
§6272; Code 1923, §3266; Code 1940, T. 15, §157.)...
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15-10-3
Section 15-10-3 Arrest without warrant - Generally; written report; protection orders. (a)
An officer may arrest a person without a warrant, on any day and at any time in any of the
following instances: (1) If a public offense has been committed or a breach of the peace threatened
in the presence of the officer. (2) When a felony has been committed, though not in the presence
of the officer, by the person arrested. (3) When a felony has been committed and the officer
has probable cause to believe that the person arrested committed the felony. (4) When the
officer has probable cause to believe that the person arrested has committed a felony, although
it may afterwards appear that a felony had not in fact been committed. (5) When a charge has
been made, upon probable cause, that the person arrested has committed a felony. (6) When
the officer has actual knowledge that a warrant for the person's arrest for the commission
of a felony or misdemeanor has been issued, provided the warrant was...
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12-12-60
Section 12-12-60 Electronic uniform non-traffic citation and complaint. (a)(1) Whenever any
person is arrested for a violation of any non-traffic offense enumerated in Rule 20, Appendix
B of the Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration, as adopted by the Supreme Court of Alabama,
the arresting officer, unless otherwise provided in this section, shall take the name and
address of the person and the license number or identification number of his or her motor
vehicle or vessel, as appropriate, and shall issue a summons or otherwise notify him or her
in writing to appear at a time and place to be specified in such summons, notice, or electronic
uniform non-traffic citation and complaint (eUNTCC). (2) For purposes of this section, eUNTCC
means a ticket that is electronically generated and printed at the site of a violation. Only
violations enumerated in Rule 20, Appendix B of the Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration
may be electronically transmitted to the court. (3) The eUNTCC may also...
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13A-10-171
Section 13A-10-171 Elements of offense; exceptions. (a) The offense of endangering the water
supply is committed if a person knowingly contaminates a public or private water well or water
reservoir or any water supply of a public utility or tampers with the production of bottled
or packaged water at a retail or wholesale mercantile establishment. (b) Endangering the water
supply does not include contamination of a public or private well or water reservoir or any
water supply of a public utility that may occur in any of the following circumstances: (1)
Inadvertently as part of the operation of a public utility or electrical generating station.
(2) Due to releases, discharges, or emissions that are authorized by state or federal law
or that are permitted or licensed by any state or federal agency. (3) Due to accidental releases
from an otherwise lawful activity. (4) Due to discharges or emissions in excess of permitted
or licensed levels provided that federal or state enforcement...
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13A-5-49
Section 13A-5-49 Aggravating circumstances. Aggravating circumstances shall be any of the following:
(1) The capital offense was committed by a person under sentence of imprisonment. (2) The
defendant was previously convicted of another capital offense or a felony involving the use
or threat of violence to the person. (3) The defendant knowingly created a great risk of death
to many persons. (4) The capital offense was committed while the defendant was engaged or
was an accomplice in the commission of, or an attempt to commit, or flight after committing,
or attempting to commit, rape, robbery, burglary, or kidnapping. (5) The capital offense was
committed for the purpose of avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest or effecting an escape
from custody. (6) The capital offense was committed for pecuniary gain. (7) The capital offense
was committed to disrupt or hinder the lawful exercise of any governmental function or the
enforcement of laws. (8) The capital offense was especially heinous,...
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16-47A-12
Section 16-47A-12 Police officers. (a) The president of the university may appoint and employ
suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon
and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with
all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers
from the university buildings and grounds, and may, without a warrant, arrest any person guilty
of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property of the university or of any public
offense committed in their presence, and take them before the nearest district court, before
which, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, any person so arrested may be tried and
convicted as in cases of persons brought before him or her on his or her warrant. Such officers,
with a warrant, may arrest any person found upon or near the premises of the university charged
with any public offense and take them before any proper officer....
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16-56-12
Section 16-56-12 Police officers. (a) The Chancellor of Troy University may appoint and employ
persons as he or she may deem proper to serve as police officers pursuant to Sections 16-22-1
and 16-22-2. These police officers may do any of the following: (1) Eject trespassers from
university buildings and grounds. (2) Arrest without a warrant any person believed guilty
of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property under the control of the university,
or for any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest district
court or municipal court. Upon proper affidavit charging the offense, the person arrested
may be tried by the court and convicted as in cases of persons brought before the court on
a warrant. (3) Summon a posse comitatus. (4) Arrest with a warrant any person found upon or
near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take that person before
the proper officer. (b) The police officers provided for in this...
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