15-6-40
Section 15-6-40 Appeal to circuit court; form of undertaking on appeal. (a) Any person required to keep the peace under the provisions of Article 2 of this chapter by any judge other than a judge of an appellate or circuit court is entitled, on entering into an undertaking with sufficient sureties in a sum equal to that required of him to keep the peace for the prosecution of an appeal and in the meantime to keep the peace, to an appeal to the circuit court of the county. The judge from whose order the appeal is taken may require such witnesses as he thinks necessary to enter into an undertaking, in the sum of $100.00 each, to appear at such court. (b) Any person committed to jail by any such judge for failing to give security to keep the peace may appeal to the circuit court and may thereupon be discharged from custody on giving bond with surety, in such penalty as the judge may prescribe, conditioned for his appearance at such court and to keep the peace towards all the people of the...
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15-9-44
Section 15-9-44 Arrest without warrant - Failure to arrest accused on Governor's warrant within time specified. If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the Governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant, bond or undertaking, the district or circuit court judge may discharge him, may recommit him to a further day or may again take bail for his appearance and surrender, as provided in Section 15-9-43. At the expiration of the second period of commitment, or if he has been bailed and appeared according to the terms of his bond or undertaking, the judge may either discharge him or may require him to enter into a new bond or undertaking to appear and surrender himself at another day. (Acts 1931, No. 482, p. 559; Code 1940, T. 15, ยง64.)...
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12-15-132
Section 12-15-132 Proceedings against children violating terms of probation or aftercare; disposition of these children. (a) A child on probation or aftercare incident to an adjudication as a delinquent child or a child in need of supervision who violates the terms of his or her probation or aftercare may be proceeded against for a revocation of the order. (b) A proceeding to revoke probation or aftercare shall be commenced by the filing of a petition entitled "petition to revoke probation" or "petition to revoke aftercare." Except as otherwise provided, these petitions shall be screened, reviewed, and prepared in the same manner and shall contain the same information as provided in Sections 12-15-120 and 12-15-121. The petition shall recite the date that the child was placed on probation or aftercare and shall state the time and manner in which notice of the terms of probation or aftercare was given. (c) Probation or aftercare revocation proceedings shall require clear and convincing...
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12-22-198
Section 12-22-198 Appeals from denial of petition or where parts of record ordered transcribed deemed inadequate. (a) Any defendant or petitioner who has filed a petition under the provisions of this division and which petition is denied by the trial court, or if parts of the record ordered to be transcribed are deemed to be inadequate by defendant or petitioner, said defendant or petitioner may, within 10 days from the order of the trial court, file a notice of appeal with the clerk of the trial court from the order denying the petition or from the order deemed inadequate in specifying the parts of the transcript of the evidence to be forwarded to the appellate court on appeal, and such notice of appeal shall specify with particularity wherein the defendant or petitioner considers himself aggrieved by the order of the trial court, whereupon the trial judge shall cause to be certified and transmitted, to the Court of Criminal Appeals in cases wherein the punishment is 20 years or less...
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15-12-23
Section 15-12-23 Appointment and compensation of counsel - Post-conviction proceedings. (a) In proceedings filed in the district or circuit court involving the life and liberty of those charged with or convicted of serious criminal offenses including proceedings for habeas corpus or other post-conviction remedies, the trial or presiding judge or chief justice of the court in which the proceedings may be commenced or pending may appoint counsel through an indigent defense system approved by the office to represent and assist indigent defendants if it appears to the court that the indigent defendant is unable financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance of counsel and desires the assistance of counsel and it further appears that counsel is necessary in the opinion of the judge to assert or protect the right of the indigent defendant. (b) In proceedings filed in the district or circuit court involving the life and liberty of those persons charged or adjudicated for juvenile offenses...
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6-5-154
Section 6-5-154 Violations constituting contempt; proceedings thereon. (a) In case of the violation of any injunction or closing order granted under the provisions of this division or of any restraining order or the commission of any contempt of court in proceedings under this division, the court or the judge thereof may try and punish the offender. The proceedings shall be commenced by filing with the register or clerk of the court a complaint under oath setting out and alleging facts constituting such violation, upon which the court or judge shall cause a warrant to issue, under which the defendant shall be arrested; he may be released on bond, pending the hearing, to be fixed by the judge. The trial may be had upon affidavits or either party may demand the production and oral examination of witnesses. (b) A party found guilty of contempt under the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $200, or by imprisonment in the county jail...
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12-15-208
Section 12-15-208 Facilities to be used for detention or shelter care of children generally; when child may be detained in jail or other facility for detention of adults; notification of juvenile court, when child received at facility for detention of adult offenders or persons charged with crimes; development of statewide system; Department of Youth Services to subsidize detention in regional facilities, may contract for detention; transfer of child to detention facility, when case transferred from juvenile court for criminal prosecution. (a) Persons who shall not be detained or confined in secure custody include all of the following: (1) STATUS OFFENDERS. Effective October 1, 2009, status offenders, as defined in this article, shall not be detained or confined in secure custody, except that a status offender who is charged with or who commits a violation of a valid court order may be detained in secure custody in a juvenile detention facility for up to 72 hours in any six-month...
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12-19-150
Section 12-19-150 Legislative intent; assessment of fees in criminal cases; submission of cost bill by municipal or district court clerk and making of final assessment of costs in circuit court upon appeals from municipal or district courts to circuit courts. (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state that docket fees and other court costs in criminal cases shall generally be assessed only upon conviction. It is further declared to be the policy of the state that a creditor shall not use the criminal process in order to collect civil debts. The state does recognize that situations will arise from time to time wherein justice may best be served by allowing a judge to enter an order dismissing a case upon the payment of costs by the defendant or by the complainant where the judge has determined that the criminal process has been abused. (b) Docket fees and other court costs in criminal cases shall be assessed upon conviction; provided that, in the interest of justice,...
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15-25-2
Section 15-25-2 Prosecution for physical or sexual offense or exploitation involving child under age 16 - Videotaped deposition; who may be present; procedure; protective order. (a) In any criminal prosecution referred to in Section 15-25-1, the court, upon motion of the district attorney or Attorney General, for good cause shown and after notice to the defendant, may order the taking of a videotaped deposition of an alleged victim of or witness to the crime who is under the age of 16 at the time of the order. (b) On any motion for a videotaped deposition of the victim or a witness, the court shall consider the age and maturity of the child, the nature of the offense, the nature of testimony that may be expected, and the possible effect that the testimony in person at trial may have on the victim or witness, along with any other relevant matters that may be required by Supreme Court rule. (c) During the taping of a videotaped deposition authorized pursuant to this section, the...
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38-9F-4
Section 38-9F-4 Issuance of elder abuse protection orders. (a) The following courts shall have jurisdiction to issue elder abuse protection orders under this chapter: (1) Circuit courts. (2) A special circuit court judge appointed pursuant to Section 12-1-14 or 12-1-14.1. (3) A district court judge designated by a written standing order from the presiding circuit court judge. (b) An elder abuse protection order may be requested in any pending civil or domestic relations action, as an independent civil action, or in connection with the preliminary, final, or post-judgment relief in a civil action. (c) A petition for an elder abuse protection order may be filed in any of the following locations: (1) Where the plaintiff or defendant resides. (2) Where the plaintiff is temporarily located if he or she has left his or her residence to avoid further abuse. (3) Where the abuse occurred. (d) There is no minimum period of residence for the plaintiff in the State of Alabama or in the county in...
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