Alabama Statutes

§ 15-24-5 — Proceedings Upon Finding Defendant to Be Intellectually Disabled

Alabama § 15-24-5

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 15Criminal Procedure

Ch. 24Defendants with Intellectual Disability

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Ala. Code § 15-24-5 (2026).

Text

If the defendant is determined by the court to be intellectually disabled, the judge may:

(1)Consider the information submitted in determining the need for pretrial release along with appropriate conditions, or

(2)Order that the defendant, if he is not released, be accorded placement consistent with his special status so as to better protect him during this period of pretrial confinement.

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Legislative History

(Acts 1985, No. 85-652, p. 1020, §5.)

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