Section 15-9-65 – Fees and Expenses of Sheriff When Accused Returns Without Requisition.
Section 15-9-65 Fees and expenses of sheriff when accused returns without requisition. In cases where notice is received in this state from the authorities in another state that a person has been arrested for a crime committed in this state, and the sheriff of the county in which said crime was committed goes to the […]
Section 15-9-80 – Short Title.
Section 15-9-80 Short title. This article may be cited as the Uniform Mandatory Disposition of Detainers Act. (Acts 1978, No. 590, p. 693, §2.)
Section 15-9-81 – Adoption and Text of Agreement on Detainers.
Section 15-9-81 Adoption and text of agreement on detainers. The agreement on detainers is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: AGREEMENT ON DETAINERS The contracting states solemnly agree that: Article I. The party states find […]
Section 15-9-82 – Right of Prisoner to Final Disposition of Untried Indictments, etc., Pending Against Him; Duty of Official Having Custody of Prisoners to Inform Prisoners of Untried Indictments, etc.; Failure to Notify Prisoners of Filing of Detainers.
Section 15-9-82 Right of prisoner to final disposition of untried indictments, etc., pending against him; duty of official having custody of prisoners to inform prisoners of untried indictments, etc.; failure to notify prisoners of filing of detainers. (a) Any person who is imprisoned in a penal or correctional institution of this state may request final […]
Section 15-9-83 – Action by Official Having Custody of Prisoner Upon Receipt of Request for Final Determination.
Section 15-9-83 Action by official having custody of prisoner upon receipt of request for final determination. The request shall be delivered to the warden or other like official having custody of the prisoner, who shall forthwith: (1) Certify the term of commitment under which the prisoner is being held, the time already served on the […]
Section 15-9-84 – Time Within Which Indictment, etc., to Be Brought to Trial; Continuances; Failure to Bring Indictment, etc., to Trial Within Specified Time.
Section 15-9-84 Time within which indictment, etc., to be brought to trial; continuances; failure to bring indictment, etc., to trial within specified time. Within 90 days after the receipt of the request and certificate by the court and district attorney or within such additional time as the court for good cause shown in open court […]
Section 15-9-85 – Escape by Prisoner After Request Filed.
Section 15-9-85 Escape by prisoner after request filed. Escape from custody by any prisoner subsequent to his execution of a request for final disposition of an untried indictment, information or complaint voids the request. (Acts 1978, No. 590, p. 693, §6.)
Section 15-9-30 – Duty of Governor to Have Arrested and Deliver Foreign Fugitive.
Section 15-9-30 Duty of Governor to have arrested and deliver foreign fugitive. Subject to the qualifications of this division, the controlling provisions of the Constitution of the United States and Acts of Congress in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the Governor of this state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive […]
Section 15-9-46 – When Prosecution Already Instituted in Alabama.
Section 15-9-46 When prosecution already instituted in Alabama. If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against such person under the laws of this state and is still pending, the Governor, at his discretion, either may surrender him on the demand of the executive authority of another state, or may hold him until he has been […]
Section 15-9-31 – Form of Demand.
Section 15-9-31 Form of demand. No demand for the extradition of a person charged with crime in another state shall be recognized by the Governor unless in writing and accompanied by a copy of an indictment found, or by an information supported by affidavit, in the state having jurisdiction of the crime or by a […]