Title 15 — Title 15

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. History: (Code 1852, §3…

Unless otherwise provided by law, the venue of all public offenses is in the county in which the offense was committed. History: (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.)

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. Th…

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 m…

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 heari…

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. History: (Code 1852, §656; Code …

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. History: (Code 1852, §655; Code 1867, §4207; Code 1876, §4912; Code 1886, §4486; Code 1896, §5310; Code 1907, §7852; Code 1923, §5581; Code 1…

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 un…

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 whi…

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, com…

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 …

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 stat…

When property is stolen elsewhere and brought into the State of Alabama, venue is in any county into which the property is brought. History: (Code 1852, §399; Code 1867, §3947; Code 1876, §4638; Code 1886, §3722; Code 1896, §4974; Code 1907, §7231; Code 1923, §4897; Code 1940, T.…

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. History: (Code 1852, §396; Code 1867, §3944; Code 1876, §4…

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. History: (Code 1852, §39…

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. H…

When property is stolen in one county and carried into another, venue is in either county. History: (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.)