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12-15-107
Section 12-15-107 Juvenile probation officers - Duties of juvenile probation officers generally;
powers of juvenile probation officers as to taking into custody and placing in shelter or
detention care of children generally; procedure upon taking into custody of child by juvenile
probation officer generally. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the objectives and purposes
of this chapter and subject to the limitations of this chapter or imposed by the juvenile
court, a juvenile probation officer shall perform the following duties: (1) Make investigations,
reports, and recommendations to the juvenile court. (2) Serve as a juvenile court intake officer
when designated by the juvenile court judge. (3) Supervise and assist a child placed on probation
or aftercare by order of the juvenile court or other authority of law until the terms of probation
or aftercare expire or are otherwise terminated. (4) Make appropriate referrals to other private
or public departments or agencies of the...
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12-15-207
Section 12-15-207 Filing of petition and conduct of hearing as to necessity for continuation
of detention or shelter care of a child; violation of probation and aftercare. (a) When a
child is not released from detention or shelter care as provided in Section 12-15-127, a petition
shall be filed and a hearing held within 72 hours of placement in detention or shelter care,
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays included, to determine probable cause and to determine whether
or not continued detention or shelter care is required. (b) Notice of the detention or shelter
care hearing, either verbal or written, stating the date, time, place, and purpose of the
hearing and the right to counsel shall be given by a juvenile probation officer to the parent,
legal guardian, or legal custodian if they can be found and to the child if the child is over
12 years of age . (c) At the commencement of the detention or shelter care hearing, the juvenile
court shall advise the parent, legal guardian, legal...
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12-17-226.17
Section 12-17-226.17 Pretrial diversion offender database. (a) The Office of Prosecution Services
shall develop and maintain a pretrial diversion offender database. Any existing or newly created
pretrial diversion program, regardless of whether it was established by this division or created
by local law, municipal ordinance, or other administrative action, or is an existing district
attorney or municipal pretrial diversion program, shall be subject to this section. Upon entry
into any pretrial diversion program, the district attorney or municipal prosecutor shall submit
information, including the name, date of birth, and identifying personal vital information
of a participating offender. The district attorney or municipal prosecutor shall also submit
the criminal statute or municipal ordinance violated, a brief description of any underlying
qualifying offense, and a brief description of the agreed upon disposition of the offense.
If the offender was prematurely terminated from the...
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15-18-8
Section 15-18-8 Terms of confinement, etc.; probation. (a) When a defendant is convicted of
an offense, other than a sex offense involving a child as defined in Section 15-20A-4, that
constitutes a Class A or Class B felony offense, and receives a sentence of 20 years or less
in any court having jurisdiction to try offenses against the State of Alabama and the judge
presiding over the case is satisfied that the ends of justice and the best interests of the
public as well as the defendant will be served thereby, he or she may order: (1) That a defendant
convicted of a Class A or Class B felony be confined in a prison, jail-type institution, or
treatment institution for a period not exceeding three years in cases where the imposed sentence
is not more than 15 years, and that the execution of the remainder of the sentence be suspended
notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary and that the defendant be placed
on probation for such period and upon such terms as the court...
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12-15-134
Section 12-15-134 Maintenance and inspection of law enforcement records. (a) Law enforcement
agencies shall take special precautions to ensure that law enforcement records and files concerning
a child will be maintained in a manner and pursuant to those safeguards that will protect
against disclosure to any unauthorized person, department, agency, or entity. Unless a charge
of delinquency is transferred for criminal prosecution pursuant to Section 12-15-203 or the
juvenile court otherwise orders in the interests of the child or of national security, the
law enforcement records and files with respect to the child shall not be open to public inspection
nor their contents disclosed to the public. (b) Law enforcement records and files described
in subsection (a) shall be open to inspection and copying by the following: (1) A juvenile
court having a child currently before it in any proceeding. (2) Personnel of the Department
of Human Resources, the Department of Youth Services, public and...
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12-15-201
Section 12-15-201 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) AVERAGE COST OF DETENTION. The average cost of detention
of children as determined from experience in Alabama and as computed by the Department of
Youth Services. (2) CONSENT DECREE. An order, entered after the filing of a delinquency or
child in need of supervision petition and before the entry of an adjudication order, suspending
the proceedings and placing the child under supervision pursuant to terms and conditions agreed
to between the child and his or her parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian and approved
by the juvenile court. (3) NONOFFENDER. A child who is subject to the jurisdiction of the
juvenile court for reasons other than the legally prohibited conduct of the child. (4) STATUS
OFFENDER. A status offender is an individual who has been charged with or adjudicated for
conduct that would not, pursuant to the law of the jurisdiction in which...
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12-23A-4
Section 12-23A-4 Establishment of drug court; participation; incentives and sanctions; components;
drug court team and advisory committee; coordinator. (a)(1) The presiding judge of each judicial
circuit, with the consent of the district attorney of that judicial circuit, may establish
a drug court or courts, under which drug offenders shall be processed, to appropriately address
the identified substance abuse problem of the drug offender as a condition of pretrial release,
pretrial diversion, probation, jail, prison, parole, community corrections, or other release
or diversion from a correctional facility. The structure, method, and operation of each drug
court may differ and should be based upon the specific needs of and resources available to
the judicial district or circuit where the drug court is located, but shall be created and
operate pursuant to this chapter and in compliance with rules promulgated by the Alabama Supreme
Court. (2) Nothing in this chapter shall affect the...
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12-23A-5
Section 12-23A-5 Drug tests; screening; confidentiality of information; criteria for participation.
(a) Any drug offender subject to this chapter who posts bail shall submit to random observed
drug tests as a condition of pretrial release. (b) A drug offender shall be required to undergo
a screening under any of the following conditions: (1) The results of a drug test are positive.
(2) The drug offender requests a screening. (3) The drug offender admits to substance use
or abuse within the year preceding the arrest for the present charge. (4) The present charge
involves a violation of the controlled substances or impaired driving statutes. (5) The drug
offender, within the previous five years, has been convicted in any state or federal court
involving a violation described in subsection (b)(1), (b)(3), or (b)(4). (6) The drug offender
refuses to undergo a drug test as required by this chapter. (c) Notwithstanding the requirements
of subsection (a), the court shall order a drug offender...
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15-20A-6
Section 15-20A-6 Allegation of sexual motivation. (a)(1) The indictment, count in the indictment,
information, complaint or warrant charging the offense may include a specification of sexual
motivation or the prosecuting attorney may file an allegation of sexual motivation in any
criminal case classified as a felony or Class A misdemeanor if sufficient admissible evidence
exists that would justify a finding of sexual motivation by a reasonable and objective finder
of fact. (2) If a specification is included in the indictment, count in the indictment, information,
complaint, or warrant charging the offense the specification shall be stated at the end of
the body of the indictment, count in the indictment, information, complaint, or warrant and
shall be in substantially the following form: "SPECIFICATION or SPECIFICATION TO THE
FIRST COUNT. The Grand Jurors (or insert appropriate name) further find and specify that the
offender committed the offense with a sexual motivation." (3) If the...
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12-15-310
Section 12-15-310 Conduct of adjudicatory hearings. (a) An adjudicatory hearing is a hearing
at which evidence is presented for a juvenile court to determine if a child is dependent.
At the commencement of the hearing, if the parties are not represented by counsel, they shall
be informed of the specific allegations in the petition. The parties shall be permitted to
admit or deny the allegations prior to the taking of testimony. (b) If the allegations are
denied by the parties or if they fail to respond, the juvenile court shall proceed to hear
evidence on the petition. The juvenile court shall record its findings on whether the child
is dependent. If the juvenile court finds that the allegations in the petition have not been
proven by clear and convincing evidence, the juvenile court shall dismiss the petition. (c)
A statement made by a child under the age of 12 describing any act of child abuse committed
against the child, if it is not otherwise admissible by statute or court rule, is...
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