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- Ala. Code § 12-16-73 · Execution and Return of Order to Summon Jurors by Sheriff.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-74 · Hearing of Excuses, Claims of Exemptions, Etc.; Drawing, Swearing and Empaneling of Grand and Petit Jurors.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-75 · Duration of Service; Summons for Subsequent Service.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-76 · Insufficient Number of Qualified Jurors to Form Juries.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-78 · Drawing of Names from Jury Box for Juries in Probate Court; Summoning and Drawing of Jurors; Certification to Jury Commission of Names of Persons Disqualified, Exempt and Empaneled.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-80 · Objections Which May Be Taken to Venire of Jurors.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-81 · Failure of Sheriff to Summon Juror Drawn, Failure of Juror Summoned to Attend Trial, Etc., Not Grounds for Quashing Venire or Continuing Case.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-82 · Effect of Failure of Person Summoned as Juror to Obey Summons.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-83 · Unlawfully Placing in or Withdrawing Names from Jury Box, Destruction, Etc., of Jury Box, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-85 · Attempting to Influence Jury Commissioner or Other Officer Selecting, Drawing, Summoning, Etc., Jurors or Juries.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-86 · Performance of Act with Intent to Affect Fair Drawing of Jury by Probate Judge, Jury Commissioner, County Commissioner, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-87 · Summoning of Persons for Jury by Sheriff, Etc., with Intent to Produce Result Favorable to Party in Action Before Court.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-88 · Connivance by Sheriff at Commission by Constable, Deputy, Etc., of Offense Prohibited by Section 12-16-87.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-89 · Negligent Failure of Sheriff or Deputy to Summon Juror.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-90 · Provisions of Article as to Selection, Drawing, Summoning, Etc., of Jurors Directory; Powers, Etc., of Jurors Selected, Drawn, Summoned, Etc., Under Article.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-100 · Drawing, Selection, and Empaneling of Juries in Criminal Cases - Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-101 · Drawing, Selection, and Empaneling of Juries in Criminal Cases - Where Two or More Persons Tried Jointly.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-140 · Procedure Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-145 · Alternate Juror Selection and Qualification Plan; Master List; Random Selection; Disqualification.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-146 · Use of Mechanical or Electronic Data Processing Equipment for Selecting, Qualifying, Etc., Juries.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-150 · Challenges of Jurors for Cause - Grounds Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-151 · Challenges of Jurors for Cause - Manner of Proof.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-152 · Challenges of Jurors for Cause - Additional Grounds for Challenge by State in Certain Cases.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-170 · Petit Jurors.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-171 · Grand Jury Foreman.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-172 · Grand Jurors.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-173 · Reversal of Criminal Cases Appealed to Court of Criminal Appeals on Ground of Defect in Administration of Oath to Grand or Petit Juries.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-190 · Empaneling of Grand Juries Generally; Recessing and Reassembling of Grand Juries.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-191 · Duty of Grand Juries as to Condition of County Jail, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-192 · Examination of County Treasury and Bonds of County Officers, Inquiry into Indictable Offenses Committed or Triable Within County, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-193 · Sheriff to Deliver Book of Accounts with State for Feeding of Prisoners to Grand Jury for Examination as to Correctness of Accounts.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-194 · Examination of Fee Book of Probate Judge by District Attorney and Grand Jury.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-195 · Examination of Books and Papers of County Superintendent of Education by District Attorney and Grand Jury.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-196 · District Attorney and Grand Jury Entitled to Free Access to County Jail and Office of County Treasurer and to Examination of Records and Papers in County Offices.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-197 · Issuance of Subpoenas for Witnesses for Grand Jury Generally; Proceedings Upon Failure of Witnesses Summoned to Attend.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-198 · Issuance of Subpoenas for Witnesses by District Attorneys.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-199 · Administration of Oath to Witnesses; Preparation by Foreman and Disposition of Book and List of Witnesses Summoned Before and Attending Grand Jury; Issuance of Certificates to Witnesses by Foreman.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-200 · Evidence Which May Be Received by Grand Jury; Examination, Etc., of Witnesses.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-201 · When Grand Jurors May Be Required to Disclose Testimony of Witnesses.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-202 · Charging of Grand Jury.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-203 · Finding of Indictments for Misdemeanors Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-204 · Concurrence of 12 Jurors Required for Finding of Indictment; Endorsement and Signature of Indictment Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-205 · Endorsement of Prosecutor’s Name on Indictment; Endorsement on Indictment Where No Prosecutor Appears.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-206 · Duty of Grand Juror to Disclose to Fellow Jurors Public Offense of Which He Has Knowledge, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-207 · Grand Juror Not to Participate, Etc., in Deliberations as to Offenses Committed Against His Person or Property, Etc.; Supplying of Deficiency in Number of Grand Jurors Resulting Therefrom.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-208 · Replacement of Foreman.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-209 · Attendance and Duties of District Attorney Before Grand Jury Generally; District Attorney Not to Be Present at Expression of Opinions or Giving of Votes by Grand Jury.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-210 · Disclosure of Indictment by District Attorney, Grand Juror, Etc., Prior to Arrest, Etc., of Person Indicted.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-211 · Disclosure of Testimony Before Grand Jury by Witness Prior to Arrest, Etc., of Person Indicted.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-212 · Examination of Witnesses Before Grand Jury in Gaming and Lottery Cases.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-213 · Refusal of Witness to Testify Before Grand Jury as to Gaming or Lottery.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-214 · Legislative Findings; Desirability of Secrecy.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-215 · Grand Juror, Witness, Etc., Prohibited from Revealing, Disclosing, Etc., a Juror’s Questions, Considerations, Etc.; No Person to Directly, Indirectly, Etc., by Any Means Obtain Information as to Juror’s Questions, Considerations, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-216 · Grand Juror, Witness, Etc., Prohibited from Revealing, Disclosing, Etc., Form, Nature, Etc., of Physical Evidence or Questions Asked; No Person to Directly, Indirectly, Etc., by Any Means, Obtain Information as to Physical Evidence or Questions Asked; Exception as to State Prosecutions.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-217 · No Person to Prevent Testimony or to Induce to Withhold or Give False Testimony.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-218 · Damage to Participant’s Property or Person Prohibited.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-219 · Oath of Secrecy; Effect of Refusal.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-220 · Evidence, Other Than Juror’s Questions, Considerations, Etc., Disclosed to District Attorney’s Staff.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-221 · Disclosures in Aid of Law Enforcement Investigations and in Public Interest.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-222 · Right to Counsel Unaffected; Counsel Prohibited Within Jury.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-223 · Critical Reports Prohibited Without Indictment, Etc.; Judge to Expunge Record; Exception.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-224 · Written Reports; Form.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-225 · Penalties.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-226 · Conflicting Laws Repealed; Penalties Cumulative; Consistent Laws Applicable; Judges’ Powers.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-230 · Discharge of Juror, Summoning of Replacement, Etc., Prior to Retirement of Jury.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-231 · Discharge of Juror After Retirement of Jury.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-232 · Consent by Parties to Discharge of Member of Jury and to Rendition of Verdict by Remaining Jurors.
- Ala. Code § 12-16-233 · Discharge of Jury and Entry of Mistrial.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-1 · County Court Personnel Serving District and Circuit Courts to Become Employees of State; Court Personnel Subject to Benefits and Regulations of Merit and Retirement Systems; Settlement of Disputes Regarding Which Persons Are Court Personnel.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-2 · Court Personnel Included in State Employee Personnel System; Establishment of Job Descriptions, Rates of Compensation, Etc., Applicable to Court Personnel.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-3 · Reimbursement of Employees for Expenses Incurred at Locations Other Than Principal Court Site.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-4 · State Assumption of Retirement and Other Employee Benefits.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-5 · Judicial Immunity of Magistrates and Clerks of the Circuit and District Courts Under Certain Conditions.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-20 · Number of Judges in Each Circuit.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-21 · Judgeships to Be Numbered in Circuits with More Than One Judge; Candidates to Designate Judgeship for Which They Are Candidate.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-22 · Residence.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-23 · Presiding Judges - How Selected.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-24 · Presiding Judges - Supervision of Judges and Other Court Personnel.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-24.1 · Family Court Divisions; Implementation Plan.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-24.2 · Jurisdiction of Family Court Division.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-25 · Appointment of Relief Judges to Assist in Clearing Dockets.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-26 · Authority and Duties Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-27 · Authority of Judge Outside Own Circuit.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-28 · Writs of Certiorari to District and Municipal Courts.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-29 · Absence of Judge Adjourns Court.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-30 · Salary; Effect on Other Provisions; Judges and District Attorney’s Supplements.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-40 · Continuation of Laws Concerning Duties, Benefits, Etc.; Election of Supernumerary Status.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-60 · Boundaries of Districts for Election of Judges.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-61 · Number of Judges in Each District; Manner of Election of Judges Generally.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-62 · Numbering and Designation of Positions on Ballots in Districts in Which More Than One Judge Elected.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-63 · Qualifications.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-64 · Residence.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-65 · Term of Office.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-66 · Commissioned Judges.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-67 · Filling of Vacancies.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-68 · Compensation.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-69 · Primary Duty to Serve Districts for Which Elected.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-70 · Designation of Judge to Handle Domestic Relations, Divorce, Etc., Cases in Districts Having More Than One Judge.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-80 · Circuit Clerks, Registers, and Employees in Offices Thereof to Be Paid by State.
- Ala. Code § 12-17-81 · Annual Salary.