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 may grant, the prisoner or his counsel being present, the indictment, information or complaint shall be brought to trial; but the parties may stipulate for a continuance or a continuance may be granted on notice to the attorney of record and opportunity for him to be heard. If, after such a request, the indictment, information or complaint is not brought to trial within that period, no court of this state shall any longer have jurisdiction thereof, nor shall the untried indictment, information or complaint be of any further force or effect, and the court shall dismiss it with prejudice.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.
Chapter 9 - Fugitives From Justice, Extradition and Detainers.
Article 3 - Mandatory Disposition of Detainers.
Section 15-9-80 - Short Title.
Section 15-9-81 - Adoption and Text of Agreement on Detainers.
Section 15-9-85 - Escape by Prisoner After Request Filed.
Section 15-9-86 - Article Inapplicable to Mentally Ill Persons.
Section 15-9-87 - Notice to Prisoners of Provisions of Article.