Alabama Statutes
§ 15-16-20 — Duty of Judge to Institute Investigation on Sanity of Certain Confined Persons; Proceedings Where Person Found Insane
If any person other than a minor in confinement, under indictment, for want of bail for good behavior, for keeping the peace or appearing as a witness, in consequence of any summary conviction appears to be insane, the judge of the circuit court of the county where he is confined must institute a careful investigation, call a respectable physician and call other credible witnesses; and, if he deems it necessary, he may call a jury, for which purpose he is empowered to compel attendance of witnesses and jurors. If it is satisfactorily proved that the person is insane, the judge may discharge him from imprisonment and order his safe custody and removal to the Alabama state hospitals, where he must remain until restored to his right mind, and then, if the judge shall have so directed, the sup
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Related
Magwood v. Smith
791 F.2d 1438 (Eleventh Circuit, 1986)
Hopkins v. State
429 So. 2d 1146 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama, 1983)
Streeter v. State
406 So. 2d 1024 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama, 1981)
Legislative History
(Code 1867, §1060; Code 1876, §1488; Code 1886, §4816; Code 1896, §4942; Code 1907, §7180; Code 1923, §4577; Code 1940, T. 15, §428.)
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