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The unitary Court of Appeals had been operative since 1911. The Court of Criminal Appeals is the linear descendant of the unitary Court of Appeals as its predecessor judges were automatically assigned to the Court of Criminal Appeals in 1969. At that time the court only had three judges, but that was changed to five in 1971. [1] The court is ...
The 2024 Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals election was held on November 5, 2024 to elect three judges to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. Primary elections were held on March 5, 2024. All three incumbents were re-elected unopposed.
In January 2023, McCool announced his run for a seat on the Supreme Court of Alabama. He would fill the vacancy left by Associate Justice Sarah Hicks Stewart, who ran for the position of chief justice. [6] On November 5, 2024, he went on to win election to the seat, unopposed. [7] He was sworn into office on January 24, 2025. [8]
The primary election for general sessions court clerk candidates will be the only Shelby County-wide ballot measure in 2024 and is packed full of hopeful candidates. Incumbent Joe W. Brown has ...
If the FEC determines that such legal expenses would not have occurred irrespective of the candidate’s campaign or duties as a federal officeholder, then the candidate’s lawyers and attorneys ...
There are two distinct forms of appellate review, "direct" and "collateral". For example, a criminal defendant may be convicted in state court, and lose on "direct appeal" to higher state appellate courts, and if unsuccessful, mount a "collateral" action such as filing for a writ of habeas corpus in the federal courts. Generally speaking, "[d ...
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals: 5 1969 [1] Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals: 5 1969 [1] Alaska Court of Appeals: 4 1980 Arizona Court of Appeals: 22 1965 [2] Arkansas Court of Appeals: 12 1978 California Courts of Appeal: 105 1905 Colorado Court of Appeals: 22 1891 [3] Connecticut Appellate Court: 10 1982 Florida District Courts of Appeal: 71 ...
The Alabama Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the State of Alabama.The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, the courts has authority to try cases with an amount in controversy of more than $3,000 and has exclusive original jurisdiction over claims for more than $10,000. [1]