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AL Code § 14-11-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Concerning Prisoners and Prisons.|Article 3 - Cell Telephone Possession by Inmate.|Section 14-11-50 - Prohibited Activities; Violations.

Section 14-11-50Prohibited activities; violations. (a) Except as otherwise authorized by law, or when authorized by the person in charge of the prison or other institution subject to this section, or by an officer of the institution empowered to give that authorization, it shall be unlawful for an inmate to possess a cellular telephone, wireless communication device, or computer that allows the input, output, examination, or transfer of computer programs from one computer to another person or for any person to possess with the intent to deliver, or delivers, to an inmate in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections a cellular telephone, wireless communication device, or a computer that allows the input, output, examination, or transfer of computer programs from one computer to another person. (b) An inmate in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections who by means of a cellular telephone, wireless communication device, or computer communication system that allows the input, output, examination, or transfer of computer programs from one computer to another person any message or information communicates with another person shall provide his or her identity and inmate identification number to the person. (c) Except as otherwise authorized by law, or when authorized by the person in charge of the prison or other institution subject to this section, or by an officer of the institution empowered to give that authorization, it shall be unlawful for an employee of the Department of Corrections or other institution subject to this section to possess with the intent to deliver or delivery to an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections a cellular telephone, wireless communication device, or computer that allows input, output, examination, or transfer of computer programs from one computer to another person.  (d) A violation of subsection (a), (b), or (c) shall be a Class C felony. (e) This section may not be construed to repeal other criminal laws. Whenever conduct proscribed by this section is also proscribed by any other provision of law, the provision which carries the more serious penalty shall be applied. (f) The Alabama Department of Corrections may enter into an agreement or contract to detect unauthorized inmate communications by cellular telephone or other wireless communication device. (Act 2012-464, p. 1284, §§1, 3.)
AL Code § 14-11-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Concerning Prisoners and Prisons.|Article 3 - Cell Telephone Possession by Inmate.|Section 14-11-51 - Confiscation of Devices; Notice.

Section 14-11-51Confiscation of devices; notice. (a) If a person visiting an inmate in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections, upon being searched or subjected to a metal detector, is found to be in possession of a cellular telephone, wireless communication device, or a computer communication system that allows the input, output, examination, or transfer of computer programs from one computer to another person, that device or computer shall be subject to confiscation. (b) Notice of this provision shall be posted in each area where visitors are searched prior to visitation with an inmate in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections. (Act 2012-464, p. 1284, §2.)
AL Code § 14-11-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Concerning Prisoners and Prisons.|Article 4 - Social Networking by Inmates.|Section 14-11-70 - Prohibited Activities; Violations.

Section 14-11-70Prohibited activities; violations. (a) No inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections or city and county jails shall establish or maintain an account on any Internet-based social networking website. (b) For purposes of this section, social networking website means an Internet-based website that has any of the following capabilities: (1) Allows users to create web pages or profiles about themselves that are available to the general public or to any other users. (2) Offers a mechanism for communication among users, such as a forum, chat room, electronic mail, or instant messaging. (c) Any inmate or other person working in conjunction with a state correction's inmate who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). (Act 2012-514, p. 1530, §1.)
AL Code § 15-2-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-2-1 - All Persons Liable for Offenses Committed in Alabama; Exception.

Section 15-2-1All persons liable for offenses committed in Alabama; exception. Every person, whether an inhabitant of the State of Alabama or of any other state or country, is liable to punishment by the laws of Alabama for an offense committed in the state, except when it is by law exclusively cognizable in the United States courts. (Code 1852, §392; Code 1867, §3940; Code 1876, §4631; Code 1886, §3703; Code 1896, §4967; Code 1907, §7224; Code 1923, §4890; Code 1940, T. 15, §90.)
AL Code § 15-2-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-2-2 - Venue - County Where Offense Committed.

Section 15-2-2Venue - County where offense committed. Unless otherwise provided by law, the venue of all public offenses is in the county in which the offense was committed. (Code 1852, §393; Code 1867, §3941; Code 1876, §4632; Code 1886, §3716; Code 1896, §4968; Code 1907, §7225; Code 1923, §4891; Code 1940, T. 15, §91.)
AL Code § 15-2-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-2-3 - Venue - Offense Commenced in State and Consummated Elsewhere.

Section 15-2-3Venue - Offense commenced in state and consummated elsewhere. When the commission of an offense commenced in the State of Alabama is consummated without the boundaries of the state, the offender is liable to punishment therefor in Alabama; and venue in such case is in the county in which the offense was commenced, unless otherwise provided by law. (Code 1852, §395; Code 1867, §3943; Code 1876, §4634; Code 1886, §3718; Code 1896, §4970; Code 1907, §7227; Code 1923, §4893; Code 1940, T. 15, §93.)
AL Code § 15-2-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-2-4 - Venue - Offense Commenced Outside State and Consummated Within State.

Section 15-2-4Venue - Offense commenced outside state and consummated within state. When the commission of an offense commenced elsewhere is consummated within the boundaries of the State of Alabama, the offender is liable to punishment in Alabama, although he was out of the state at the commission of the offense charged, if he consummated it in this state through the intervention of an innocent or guilty agent or by any other means proceeding directly from himself; and venue in such case is in the county in which the offense was consummated, unless otherwise provided by law. (Code 1852, §394; Code 1867, §3942; Code 1876, §4633; Code 1886, §3717; Code 1896, §4969; Code 1907, §7226; Code 1923, §4892; Code 1940, T. 15, §92.)
AL Code § 15-2-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-2-5 - Venue - Stolen Property Brought Into State.

Section 15-2-5Venue - Stolen property brought into state. When property is stolen elsewhere and brought into the State of Alabama, venue is in any county into which the property is brought. (Code 1852, §399; Code 1867, §3947; Code 1876, §4638; Code 1886, §3722; Code 1896, §4974; Code 1907, §7231; Code 1923, §4897; Code 1940, T. 15, §97.)
AL Code § 15-2-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-2-6 - Venue - Offense Committed in More Than One County.

Section 15-2-6Venue - Offense committed in more than one county. When an offense is committed partly in one county and partly in another or the acts or effects thereof constituting or requisite to the consummation of the offense occur in two or more counties, venue is in either county. (Code 1852, §396; Code 1867, §3944; Code 1876, §4635; Code 1886, §3719; Code 1896, §4971; Code 1907, §7228; Code 1923, §4894; Code 1940, T. 15, §94.)
AL Code § 15-2-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-2-7 - Venue - Offense Committed on or Near County Boundary.

Section 15-2-7Venue - Offense committed on or near county boundary. When an offense is committed on the boundary of two or more counties or within a quarter of a mile thereof or when it is committed so near the boundary of two counties as to render it doubtful in which the offense was committed, venue is in either county. (Code 1852, §397; Code 1867, §3945; Code 1876, §4636; Code 1886, §3720; Code 1896, §4972; Code 1907, §7229; Code 1923, §4895; Code 1940, T. 15, §95.)
AL Code § 15-2-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-2-8 - Venue - Forcible Marriage, Prostitution, Detaining Child, Kidnapping, Etc.

Section 15-2-8Venue - Forcible marriage, prostitution, detaining child, kidnapping, etc. For the offenses specified in Sections 13-1-20, 13-1-21, 13-1-22 or 13-1-23, venue is in the county in which the offense was committed or in any other county into or through which the person upon whom it was committed may have been carried in the commission of the offense. (Code 1852, §398; Code 1867, §3946; Code 1876, §4637; Code 1886, §3721; Code 1896, §4973; Code 1907, §7230; Code 1923, §4896; Code 1940, T. 15, §96.)
AL Code § 15-2-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 15-2-9 - Venue - Carrying Stolen Property Into Another County.

Section 15-2-9Venue - Carrying stolen property into another county. When property is stolen in one county and carried into another, venue is in either county. (Code 1852, §400; Code 1867, §3948; Code 1876, §4639; Code 1886, §3723; Code 1896, §4975; Code 1907, §7232; Code 1923, §4898; Code 1940, T. 15, §98.)
AL Code § 15-2-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 2 - Change of Venue.|Section 15-2-20 - Application; Appeal From Denial; When Defendant's Personal Presence Unnecessary.

Section 15-2-20Application; appeal from denial; when defendant's personal presence unnecessary. (a) Any person charged with an indictable offense may have his trial removed to another county, on making application to the court, setting forth specifically the reasons why he cannot have a fair and impartial trial in the county in which the indictment is found. The application must be sworn to by him and must be made as early as practicable before the trial, or it may be made after conviction upon a new trial being granted. (b) The refusal of such application may, after final judgment, be reviewed and revised on appeal, and the Supreme Court or Court of Criminal Appeals shall reverse and remand or enter such judgment on the application as it may deem right without any presumption in favor of the judgment or ruling of the lower court on such application. (c) If the defendant is in confinement, the application may be heard and determined without the personal presence of the defendant in court. (Code 1852, §654; Code 1867, §4206; Code 1876, §4911; Code 1886, §4485; Code 1896, §5309; Code 1907, §7851; Acts 1909, No. 205, p. 212; Code 1923, §5579; Code 1940, T. 15, §267.)
AL Code § 15-2-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 2 - Change of Venue.|Section 15-2-21 - Change on Motion of Trial Judge.

Section 15-2-21Change on motion of trial judge. On his own motion, a trial judge may, with the consent of the defendant, direct and order a change of venue as is authorized in Section 15-2-20 whenever, in his judgment, there is danger of mob violence, and it is advisable to have a military guard to protect the defendant from mob violence. (Code 1923, §5580; Code 1940, T. 15, §268.)
AL Code § 15-2-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 2 - Change of Venue.|Section 15-2-22 - Witnesses.

Section 15-2-22Witnesses. When an application for a change of venue is presented to the court, the judge shall have authority to, and may, direct the issue of subpoenas for such number of witnesses for either the defendant or the state as he may deem just and proper to appear before the court on the hearing of such application to testify as to the facts concerning the issues made by such application. The number and names of such witnesses shall be subject to the control and discretion of the court, and the costs are to be taxed as provided in Section 12-19-233. This section shall not prevent the presentation of facts by affidavit. (Code 1907, §7855; Code 1923, §5584; Code 1940, T. 15, §272.)
AL Code § 15-2-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 2 - Change of Venue.|Section 15-2-23 - Examination of Prosecution Witnesses on Interrogatories Upon Change of Venue in Misdemeanor Cases.

Section 15-2-23Examination of prosecution witnesses on interrogatories upon change of venue in misdemeanor cases. When the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor, upon granting a change of venue, the court may provide that witnesses for the prosecution may be examined on interrogatories on such terms as the court may prescribe. (Code 1852, §656; Code 1867, §4208; Code 1876, §4913; Code 1886, §4487; Code 1896, §5311; Code 1907, §7853; Code 1923, §5582; Code 1940, T. 15, §270.)
AL Code § 15-2-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 2 - Change of Venue.|Section 15-2-24 - Removal to Nearest County; Only One Removal Allowed.

Section 15-2-24Removal to nearest county; only one removal allowed. When a change of venue is authorized, the trial must be removed to the nearest county free from exception, and it can be removed but once. (Code 1852, §655; Code 1867, §4207; Code 1876, §4912; Code 1886, §4486; Code 1896, §5310; Code 1907, §7852; Code 1923, §5581; Code 1940, T. 15, §269.)
AL Code § 15-2-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 2 - Change of Venue.|Section 15-2-25 - Duty of Clerk of Court to Forward Case Materials.

Section 15-2-25Duty of clerk of court to forward case materials. When an order for the removal of a trial is made, the clerk of court must make out a transcript of all the entries, orders and proceedings in the case, including the organization of the grand jury, the indictment, the endorsements thereon, all the entries relating thereto, the undertakings or recognizances of the defendant, all the orders and judgments thereon and the order for the removal of the trial. He must attach his certificate thereto and forward the package under seal by a special messenger, by express, by registered or certified mail or deliver it in person to the clerk of the court to which the trial is ordered to be removed. He must also enclose in the package and forward or deliver in the same manner the original subpoenas in the case. (Code 1852, §657; Code 1867, §4209; Code 1876, §4914; Code 1886, §4488; Code 1896, §5312; Code 1907, §7854; Code 1923, §5583; Code 1940, T. 15, §271.)
AL Code § 15-2-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 2 - Change of Venue.|Section 15-2-26 - Trial on Certified Copy of Indictment; Correction of Transcript Mistakes and Certification of Omitted Portion of Record.

Section 15-2-26Trial on certified copy of indictment; correction of transcript mistakes and certification of omitted portion of record. The defendant must be tried in the court to which the case is removed on the copy of the indictment certified pursuant to Section 15-2-25; and such court may, if necessary and on a proper showing, order the clerk of the court in which the indictment was found to correct any mistake in the transcript or to certify any portion of the record which he may have omitted. (Code 1852, §659; Code 1867, §4211; Code 1876, §4916; Code 1886, §4490; Code 1896, §5314; Code 1907, §7857; Code 1923, §5586; Code 1940, T. 15, §274.)
AL Code § 15-2-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.|Article 2 - Change of Venue.|Section 15-2-27 - Issuance of Subpoenas for Trial Witnesses.

Section 15-2-27Issuance of subpoenas for trial witnesses. At any time before the delivery of the transcript to the clerk of the court to which the trial is removed, subpoenas for witnesses must be issued, on the application of either the defendant or the district attorney, by the clerk of the court in which the indictment was found, commanding such witnesses to appear at the court to which the trial is removed, which subpoenas must be executed by the sheriff and returned to the clerk of the latter court; and the clerk of the court to which the trial is removed must, after the delivery of the transcript to him, issue the subpoenas for witnesses. (Code 1852, §658; Code 1867, §4210; Code 1876, §4915; Code 1886, §4489; Code 1896, §5313; Code 1907, §7856; Code 1923, §5585; Code 1940, T. 15, §273.)
AL Code § 15-5-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 5 - Searches and Seizures.|Article 1 - Search Warrants.|Section 15-5-1

Section 15-5-1"Search warrant" defined. A "search warrant" is an order in writing in the name of the state signed by a judge, or by a magistrate authorized by law to issue search warrants, and directed to the sheriff or to any constable of the county, commanding him to search for personal property and bring it before the court issuing the warrant. (Code 1852, §825; Code 1867, §4376; Code 1876, §4005; Code 1886, §4727; Code 1896, §5484; Code 1907, §7757; Code 1923, §5471; Code 1940, T. 15, §100.)
AL Code § 15-5-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 5 - Searches and Seizures.|Article 1 - Search Warrants.|Section 15-5-2 - Grounds for Issuance.

Section 15-5-2Grounds for issuance. A search warrant may be issued on any one of the following grounds: (1) Where the property was stolen or embezzled; (2) Where it was used as the means of committing a felony; or (3) Where it is in the possession of any person with the intent to use it as a means of committing a public offense or in the possession of another to whom he may have delivered it for the purpose of concealing it or preventing its discovery. (Code 1852, §826; Code 1867, §4377; Code 1876, §4006; Code 1886, §4728; Code 1896, §5485; Code 1907, §7758; Code 1923, §5742; Code 1940, T. 15, §101.)
AL Code § 15-5-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 5 - Searches and Seizures.|Article 1 - Search Warrants.|Section 15-5-3 - Probable Cause and Affidavit Required.

Section 15-5-3Probable cause and affidavit required. A search warrant can only be issued on probable cause, supported by an affidavit naming or describing the person and particularly describing the property and the place to be searched. (Code 1852, §827; Code 1867, §4378; Code 1876, §4007; Code 1886, §4729; Code 1896, §5486; Code 1907, §7759; Code 1923, §5473; Code 1940, T. 15, §102.)
AL Code § 15-5-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 5 - Searches and Seizures.|Article 1 - Search Warrants.|Section 15-5-4 - Examination of Complainant and Witnesses; Contents of Depositions.

Section 15-5-4Examination of complainant and witnesses; contents of depositions. Before issuing a search warrant, a judge, or magistrate authorized by law to issue search warrants, must examine on oath the complainant and any witness he may produce, take their depositions in writing and cause them to be subscribed by the persons making them. Such depositions must set forth facts tending to establish the grounds of the application or probable cause for believing that they exist. (Code 1852, §§828, 829; Code 1867, §§4379, 4380; Code 1876, §§4008, 4009; Code 1886, §4730; Code 1896, §5487; Code 1907, §7760; Code 1923, §5474; Code 1940, T. 15, §103.)
AL Code § 15-5-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 5 - Searches and Seizures.|Article 1 - Search Warrants.|Section 15-5-5 - Issuance of Warrant.

Section 15-5-5Issuance of warrant. If the judge or the magistrate is satisfied of the existence of the grounds of the application or that there is probable ground to believe their existence, he must issue a search warrant signed by him and directed to the sheriff or to any constable of the county, commanding him forthwith to search the person or place named for the property specified and to bring it before the court issuing the warrant. (Code 1852, §830; Code 1867, §4381; Code 1876, §4010; Code 1886, §4731; Code 1896, §5488; Code 1907, §7761; Code 1923, §5475; Code 1940, T. 15, §104.)
AL Code § 15-5-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 5 - Searches and Seizures.|Article 1 - Search Warrants.|Section 15-5-6 - Form.

Section 15-5-6Form. A search warrant may be substantially in the following form:The State of Alabama, }To the sheriff or any constable of____________ County} __________ County.  Proof by affidavit having this day been made before me by A. B., that, (stating the particular ground on which the warrant issued out; or, if the affidavits are not positive, that there is probable ground for believing that, etc.); you are, therefore, commanded in the daytime (or at any time of the day or night, as the case may be) to make immediate search on the person of C. D. (or in the house of C. D., as the case may be), for the following property: (particularly describing it); and if you find the same, or any part thereof, to bring it forthwith before me at, etc., (stating place). Dated the _____ day of _____, 20__ (Signed) E. F., Judge, or Magistrate, as the case may be." (Code 1852, §831; Code 1867, §4382; Code 1876, §4011; Code 1886, §4732; Code 1896, §5489; Code 1907, §7762; Code 1923, §5476; Code 1940, T. 15, §105.)
AL Code § 15-5-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 5 - Searches and Seizures.|Article 1 - Search Warrants.|Section 15-5-7 - By Whom Executed.

Section 15-5-7By whom executed. A search warrant may be executed by any one of the officers to whom it is directed, but by no other person except in aid of such officer at his request, he being present and acting in its execution. (Code 1852, §832; Code 1867, §4383; Code 1876, §4013; Code 1886, §4733; Code 1896, §5490; Code 1907, §7763; Code 1923, §5477; Code 1940, T. 15, §106.)