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15-12-5
Section 15-12-5 Determination of indigency and provision of defense services. (a) Judicial
role in determining indigency. The trial judge shall determine, in accordance with the policies
and procedures established by the Office of Indigent Defense Services, if a person in his
or her court is an indigent defendant, any time appropriate or necessary. Upon appeal from
the trial court to the state appellate court, the trial judge who presided over the proceedings
on appeal shall determine if the appellant is an indigent defendant in accordance with the
policies and procedures established by the Office of Indigent Defense Services. If an indigency
determination is necessary in any proceeding initiated originally in a state appellate court
, the presiding judge or chief justice of the appellate court shall determine if the appellant
or petitioner is an indigent defendant. (b) Criteria for determining indigency. In determining
indigency, the judge shall recognize ability to pay as a variable...
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15-12-22
Section 15-12-22 Appointment and compensation of counsel - Appeals. (a) In all criminal cases
wherein an indigent defendant has an appeal which lies directly to an appellate court and
the indigent defendant expresses his or her desire to appeal, the court shall cause to be
entered upon its minutes a recital of notice of appeal. (b) If it appears that the indigent
defendant desires to appeal and is unable financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance
of counsel on appeal and the indigent defendant expresses the desire for assistance of counsel,
the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent and assist the indigent defendant on appeal,
through the indigent defense system for such cases. The presiding judge of the court to which
the appeal is taken shall have authority to appoint counsel through the indigent defense system
for such cases in the event the trial court fails to appoint and in the event it becomes necessary
to further provide for counsel. It shall be the duty of the...
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41-4-323
Section 41-4-323 Purpose; employees; compensation and benefits; payment of expenses; implementation;
additional duties of director. (a) The Office of Indigent Defense Services is established
to carry out the administrative duties relating to the provision of indigent defense services.
The director shall use existing employees of the Department of Finance and its existing offices,
as assigned by the Director of Finance. The director's salary shall not exceed the state salary
paid to a district attorney and be paid at the same time and in the same manner that salaries
of other state employees are paid. The Director of the Office of Indigent Defense Services
shall be entitled to annual and sick leave, insurance, retirement, and other state employee
benefits, including cost-of-living raises authorized by the Legislature for state employees.
(b) The director may enter into contracts, and accept funds, grants, and charitable donations
from any public or private source to pay expenses...
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41-4-322
Section 41-4-322 Programs; director; standards; duties of director and local indigent defense
advisory board; budget. (a) The office shall develop and improve programs to provide legal
representation to indigents. (b) The office shall have a director, who shall be chosen by
the Director of Finance on the basis of training, experience, and other qualifications. The
term of office shall be three years, subject to termination for cause. The person selected
as Director of the Office of Indigent Defense Services, in addition to the above qualifications
and experience, shall be an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Alabama. The
director shall be chosen from a list of three qualified candidates nominated by the Alabama
State Bar Board of Bar Commissioners within 60 days of a vacancy occurring. The Director of
Finance shall serve as the Director of Indigent Defense Services on an interim basis if a
vacancy exists. If the Alabama State Bar Board of Bar Commissioners fails to...
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15-12-42
Section 15-12-42 Powers and duties. The public defender shall have the following powers and
duties: (1) Within his or her geographic jurisdiction, the public defender shall provide indigent
defense services as defined in Section 15-12-1 to indigent defendants. (2) The public defender,
at the request and with the consent of a municipal governing body and the office, shall represent
indigent defendants in a municipal court within his or her geographic jurisdiction. The municipality
shall reimburse the office of the public defender for the costs associated with the services
rendered. (3) The public defender, with consent of the director, may represent an indigent
defendant in a state appellate court. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-106; Act 2011-678, p. 1862,
§6.)...
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13A-5-53.1
Section 13A-5-53.1 Appeals of capital punishment. (a) Rule 32.2(c) of the Alabama Rules of
Criminal Procedure shall not apply to cases in which a criminal defendant is convicted of
capital murder and sentenced to death, and files a petition for post-conviction relief under
the grounds specified in Rule 32.1(a), (e), or (f) of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure.
(b) Post-conviction remedies sought pursuant to Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure
in death penalty cases shall be pursued concurrently and simultaneously with the direct appeal
of a case in which the death penalty was imposed. In all cases where the defendant is deemed
indigent or as the trial judge deems appropriate, the trial court, within 30 days of the entry
of the order pronouncing the defendant's death sentence, shall appoint the defendant a separate
counsel for the purposes of post-conviction relief under this section. Appointed counsel shall
be compensated pursuant to Chapter 12 of Title 15;...
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12-17-226.8
Section 12-17-226.8 Fees. (a) An offender may be assessed an administration fee when he or
she is approved for a pretrial diversion program established under this division. The amount
of the fee for participation in the program shall be in addition to any court costs, assessments
for crime victim's compensation fund, Department of Forensic Sciences assessments, drug, alcohol,
or anger management treatments required by law, restitution, or costs of supervision or treatment.
A schedule of payments for any of these fees may be established by the district attorney.
(b) The amount of the administration fee shall be determined by the district attorney. The
administration fees shall not exceed the amount assessed for a first offense pursuant to Section
13A-12-281(a) for each case for which the offender makes application for acceptance into the
pretrial diversion program. (c)(1) An applicant may not be denied access into the pretrial
diversion program based solely on his or her inability to...
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44-2-10
Section 44-2-10 Text of compact. The Interstate Compact for Juveniles is enacted into law and
entered into with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially
as follows: THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES Article I. Purpose. The compacting states
to this interstate compact recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision
or return of juveniles, delinquents and status offenders who are on probation or parole and
who have absconded, escaped or run away from supervision and control and in so doing have
endangered their own safety and the safety of others. The compacting states also recognize
that each state is responsible for the safe return of juveniles who have run away from home
and in doing so have left their state of residence. The compacting states also recognize that
Congress, by enacting the Crime Control Act, 4 U.S.C. Section 112 (1965), has authorized and
encouraged compacts for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in the...
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15-22-1.1
Section 15-22-1.1 Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. Whereas: The Interstate
Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers was established in 1937, it is the
earliest corrections "compact" established among the states and has not been amended
since its adoption over 62 years ago; Whereas: This compact is the only vehicle for the controlled
movement of adult parolees and probationers across state lines, and it currently has jurisdiction
over more than a quarter of a million offenders; Whereas: The complexities of the compact
have become more difficult to administer, and many jurisdictions have expanded supervision
expectations to include currently unregulated practices such as victim input, victim notification
requirements, and sex offender registration; Whereas: After hearings, national surveys, and
a detailed study by a task force appointed by the National Institute of Corrections, the overwhelming
recommendation has been to amend the document to bring about...
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15-12-1
(7) NONOVERHEAD EXPENSES. The reasonable expenses incurred during and directly related to an
appointed counsel's legal representation of an indigent defendant including, but not limited
to, mileage, postage, and reasonable costs of photocopying. Nonoverhead expenses do not include
fees and expenses of all experts, investigators, and others rendering indigent defense services
to be used by counsel for an indigent defendant; office overhead expenses, such as professional
license fees; malpractice, casualty, health, general disability, and workers' compensation
insurance; office salaries; ad valorem taxes; office supplies; office rent; depreciation of
office equipment and furniture; continuing legal education expenses, including travel and
lodging; utilities; bank fees and interest on loans; professional fees; and other overhead
expenses or costs. (8) OFFICE. The Office of Indigent Defense Services. (9) PUBLIC DEFENDER.
Any attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Alabama,...
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