{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-15-22-54.1","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 15-22-54.1","heading":"Resentencing.","body":"(a) Any person now serving a prison sentence based on revocation of probation who would have been an eligible offender as defined in Section 15-22-54 at the time of revocation shall be entitled to be resentenced upon petition to the sentencing court. Such petition shall be on a form and filed in the manner prescribed by the Administrative Office of Courts. Petitions shall be considered authorized motions for modification of sentence, assigned a unique identifier by the Administrative Office of Courts, and shall not require payment of a filing fee.\n(b) The court shall have jurisdiction to resentence the offender in accordance with the terms of this section, upon a showing of the following:\n(1) The petitioner met all requirements of an eligible offender as defined in Section 15-22-54 at the time of revocation.\n(2) Probation was thereafter revoked and the petitioner was sentenced to the penitentiary only as a result of administrative violations of probation.\n(3) The petitioner has no disciplinary infractions while serving the sentence in the penitentiary.\n(4) The petitioner has no pending criminal charges or convictions for a new offense since the time the petitioner was placed on probation.\n(c) A successive petition shall not be considered by the trial court unless new grounds are raised in the petition. Any successive petition which is not set for a hearing by the court within 30 days after filing is deemed denied by operation of law.","path":["Title 15 Criminal Procedure.","Chapter 22 Pardons, Paroles, and Probation.","Article 3 Probation."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=15-22-54.1","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"d7fd73c4943e1dd67ce0e13400423f495b52ae0d30819c2c637454a7849a6cad","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-15-22-54","next":"us-al/ala.-code-15-22-55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}