Code of Alabama
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.
Chapter 11 - Preliminary Hearings.

Section 15-11-1 - Right of Person Arrested for Felony to Hearing; Failure of Defendant to Appear at Hearing. - Every person charged with and arrested for a felony before...

Section 15-11-2 - Jurisdiction of District Court; Prosecution Not Barred by Finding of No Probable Cause. - The district court shall exercise exclusive jurisdiction to hold preliminary...

Section 15-11-3 - Adjournment; Commitment of Defendant to Jail or Bail. - When a defendant is brought before a district court under...

Section 15-11-4 - Default of Defendant Admitted to Bail Certified to Circuit Court; District Court's Certificate as Presumptive Evidence of Default. - If the defendant does not appear before the district court...

Section 15-11-5 - Issuance of Alias Arrest Warrant Upon Default. - On the failure of the defendant to appear on the...

Section 15-11-6 - Examination of Complainant and Witnesses. - The court before whom any person is brought charged with...

Section 15-11-7 - Appearance by Counsel for Defendant; Separation of Witnesses; Control of Hearing. - In a preliminary examination, the defendant may appear by counsel...

Section 15-11-8 - Duty of Court to Examine All Witnesses. - In a preliminary examination, it shall be the duty of...

Section 15-11-9 - When Defendant to Be Discharged. - If upon the whole evidence in a preliminary examination it...

Section 15-11-10 - When Defendant Committed to Bail or Jail; Form of Commitment. - (a) If upon a preliminary examination it appears that an...

Section 15-11-11 - Amount of Bail to Be Endorsed on Commitment; Discharge of Defendant. - Whenever a person is committed to jail for a bailable...

Section 15-11-12 - Requiring Witnesses to Enter Undertaking; Form of Undertaking. - (a) The court may require the witnesses for the prosecution...

Section 15-11-13 - Requiring Sureties of Married Women and Minors When Witnesses for Prosecution. - Married women and minors, when material witnesses for the prosecution,...

Section 15-11-14 - Failure or Refusal of Witness to Enter Undertaking; Discharge of Witness Upon Entering Into Undertaking. - (a) Any witness required under this chapter to enter into...

Section 15-11-15 - Court to Report When Person Held on Indictment; Report When No Committals. - (a) When any person is held by a district court...