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Article 1 - General Provisions
Division 1 - Judgments, Decrees and Orders Supporting Appeal.
Section 12-22-1 - Confession of Judgment. - A confession of judgment is in law a release of...
Section 12-22-2 - Final Judgments of Circuit or Probate Courts. - From any final judgment of the circuit court or probate...
Section 12-22-3 - Judgments or Decrees of Abolished Courts of Record. - If a court of record ceases to exist by reason...
Section 12-22-4 - Judgment on Partial or Annual Settlement of Estate. - From a judgment of the circuit court or probate court...
Section 12-22-5 - Final Judgment in Ad Quod Damnum Proceedings Under Condemnation Order. - When an appeal is taken to the appropriate appellate court...
Section 12-22-6 - Judgments on Applications for Remedial Writs. - Appeals may be taken to the appropriate appellate court from...
Section 12-22-7 - Applications for Temporary Restraining Orders Generally; Renewal of Applications. - If any application is made to a circuit court judge...
Section 12-22-8 - Applications to Supreme Court or Court of Civil Appeals for Temporary Restraining Orders or Other Equitable Process. - No application shall be made to a justice of the...
Section 12-22-9 - Order Appointing or Refusing to Appoint Receiver. - An appeal will lie to the appropriate appellate court from...
Section 12-22-10 - Grant or Refusal of Motion for New Trial. - Either party in a civil case, or the defendant in...
Division 2 - Appeals From Probate Court.
Section 12-22-20 - Final Judgments, Orders, or Decrees Generally. - An appeal lies to the circuit court or Supreme Court...
Section 12-22-21 - Other Orders, Judgments, or Decrees. - Appeal from the order, judgment or decree of the probate...
Section 12-22-22 - Appeal From Circuit Court Judgment on Appeal. - An appeal to the Supreme Court may be taken from...
Section 12-22-23 - Contest of Will Removed to Probate Court of Another County. - Upon the contest of a will removed from the probate...
Section 12-22-24 - Bond on Appeal of Order Removing Executor or Administrator. - (a) No appeal can be taken from any order of...
Section 12-22-25 - Security for Costs of Appeal. - In all other cases in which an appeal is taken...
Section 12-22-26 - Appeals by Next Friends or Guardians of Minors or Persons of Unsound Mind. - The next friend or general guardian of a minor or...
Section 12-22-27 - Reimbursement of Costs From Estate of Testator, Etc. - The costs of an appeal, when paid by an executor...
Division 3 - Bonds and Security for Costs on Appeal.
Section 12-22-40 - Recording of Order Fixing Supersedeas Bond; Failure to Make or Record Same. - The order of the judge, register or clerk fixing the...
Section 12-22-41 - Liability to Appellee for Taking Insufficient Surety. - For taking insufficient surety, the clerk, register or probate judge...
Division 4 - Record on Appeal.
Section 12-22-60 - Liability of Clerk, Register or Probate Judge for Delayed or Defective Record. - If, by reason of negligence or delay of the clerk,...
Division 5 - Disposition of Appeals.
Section 12-22-70 - Procedure Upon Reversal of Judgment or Decree. - The appellate court may, upon the reversal of any judgment...
Section 12-22-71 - Proceedings When Only Amount of Judgment Excessive. - When an appeal is taken to the appropriate appellate court...
Section 12-22-72 - Affirmation of Stayed Judgment - Generally. - When a judgment or decree is entered or rendered for...
Section 12-22-73 - Affirmation of Stayed Judgment - Right of Property. - When an appeal is taken on a trial of the...
Section 12-22-73.1 - Applicability of 1987 Amendment to Sections 12-22-72 and 12-22-73. - On the effective date of Act No. 87-188 [June 11,...
Section 12-22-74 - Affirmation of Stayed Judgment - Recovery of Chattels in Specie. - Upon the affirmance of a judgment for the recovery of...
Section 12-22-75 - Execution Upon Dismissal of Appeal or Affirmation of Judgment, Etc. - When an appeal shall be prosecuted from a judgment to...
Section 12-22-76 - Execution by Lower Courts for Unpaid Costs. - Clerks of the circuit court and probate judges, when cases...
Article 2 - Criminal Cases.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 12-22-90 - Appeals in Habeas Corpus. - (a) Any party aggrieved by the judgment on the trial...
Section 12-22-91 - Appeal When Statute Under Which Prosecution Preferred Held Unconstitutional. - In all criminal cases when the act of the Legislature...
Division 2 - Appeals to Specific Courts.
Division 1 - Appeals to Circuit Courts.
Section 12-22-111 - Issuance, Execution and Return of Subpoenas for Witnesses; Liability of Witnesses Failing to Appear. - In cases of appeal, the clerk of the court shall...
Section 12-22-112 - Liability of Defendant Failing to Appear; Warrant of Arrest. - (a) If the defendant fails to appear at the circuit...
Section 12-22-113 - De Novo Trial in Circuit Court; Statement of Cause of Complaint. - The trial in the circuit court shall be de novo...
Section 12-22-114 - Rules as to Evidence, etc., Governing Appeals. - On the trial of such appeals, the court shall be...
Division 2 - Appeals to Supreme Court or Court of Criminal Appeals.
Section 12-22-130 - Appealing Judgment of Conviction. - A person convicted of a criminal offense in the circuit...
Section 12-22-131 - Review in Court of Criminal Appeals; When Appeal Taken to Wrong Court; Decision Where Conflict Over Jurisdiction. - Wherever jurisdiction is now or may hereafter be conferred on...
Section 12-22-132 - Reserving Questions of Law; Presumption That Written Charges Asked Before Jury Retired. - Any question of law arising in any of the proceedings...
Section 12-22-133 - Retention of Jurisdiction by Trial Court. - Where an appeal is taken from the judgment of any...
Division 3 - Automatic Appeal From Death Sentence.
Section 12-22-150 - Duty of Trial Judge to Enter Appeal; Automatic Stay of Execution; How Appeal Governed. - In all cases wherein a defendant is tried and convicted...
Division 4 - Stays Pending Appeal.
Section 12-22-170 - Stay of Sentence When Question of Law Reserved and Admission to Bail - Felonies. - When any question of law is reserved in case of...
Section 12-22-171 - Stay of Sentence When Question of Law Reserved and Admission to Bail - Misdemeanors. - When such question is reserved, in case of a misdemeanor,...
Section 12-22-172 - Stays of Execution on Confessed Judgments in Misdemeanors. - In the case of a misdemeanor, the defendant may confess...
Section 12-22-173 - Waiver of Stayed Sentence; Duty of Clerk; Effect on Appeal. - In all cases where there is judgment staying sentence, at...
Division 5 - Providing Record on Appeal for Indigents.
Section 12-22-190 - Purpose of Division. - The Legislature is aware that it has become settled law...
Section 12-22-191 - Applicability of Division. - This division shall apply to all criminal cases tried in...
Section 12-22-192 - Petition for Appeal Under Division; Contents Thereof. - In such criminal cases where the defendant has been adjudicated...
Section 12-22-193 - Examination of Petitioner; Subpoena of Witnesses; Ascertainment of Financial Information; Estimate of Costs and Fees. - Upon the filing of the petition with the clerk or...
Section 12-22-194 - Report on Financial Condition of Petitioner. - The trial court, either before, after or during said hearing,...
Section 12-22-195 - Burden of Proof as to Sufficient Funds. - The burden shall be upon the convicted defendant or petitioner...
Section 12-22-196 - Entry of Findings on Minutes of Court. - If the trial judge is satisfied that the defendant or...
Section 12-22-197 - Order to Prepare Record on Appeal; Order Authorizing Payment of Fees and Transmission Thereof to State Comptroller. - If it appears to the trial court, after full investigation,...
Section 12-22-198 - Appeals From Denial of Petition or Where Parts of Record Ordered Transcribed Deemed Inadequate. - (a) Any defendant or petitioner who has filed a petition...
Section 12-22-199 - Judgment for Costs Against Petitioner When Appeal Unfavorable; Payment Thereof Into General Fund; Liability for Payment. - In appeals taken under the provisions of this division, if...
Section 12-22-200 - Rules and Regulations. - The Supreme Court of the State of Alabama, with the...
Section 12-22-201 - Annual Appropriation; Approval of Governor for Disbursement. - There is hereby appropriated annually out of the General Fund...
Division 6 - Writs of Error.
Section 12-22-220 - By Whom and When Granted; Duty of Clerk of Court. - (a) A writ of error on any judgment entered in...
Section 12-22-221 - Entry of Order on Court's Minutes; Dismissal if Not Prosecuted to Term Returnable. - When a writ of error is awarded by a judge...
Section 12-22-222 - Stay of Proceedings on Judgment; Admission of Defendant to Bail; Proceedings on Failure to Appear. - (a) If the defendant is in the custody of the...
Division 7 - Disposition of Appeals.
Section 12-22-240 - Consideration of Cases by Court of Criminal Appeals Generally. - In all cases appealable to the Court of Criminal Appeals,...
Section 12-22-241 - Consideration of Automatic Appeals; Reversal of Judgment and Granting of New Trial. - In all cases of automatic appeals, the appellate court may...
Section 12-22-242 - Reversal of Judgment. - If the judgment is reversed, the appellate court may order...
Section 12-22-243 - Affirmation of Judgment in Capital Cases. - Upon affirmation of a judgment carrying the death penalty, the...
Section 12-22-244 - Duty of Defendant on Bail to Surrender Upon Affirmation of Conviction or Dismissal of Appeal. - When the defendant in a case of misdemeanor or felony...
Section 12-22-245 - Effect of Undertaking When Conviction Reversed and Case Remanded. - When the judgment of conviction is reversed and the case...
Section 12-22-246 - Proceedings When Undertaking Forfeited. - When any undertaking of bail under the provisions of Sections...