Alabama § 15-6-42 Examination Anew on Appeal; Disposition of Case; Costs

Alabama Statutes

§ 15-6-42 — Examination Anew on Appeal; Disposition of Case; Costs

Alabama § 15-6-42

Title 15Criminal Procedure

Ch. 6Peace Proceedings and Proceedings to Preserve Order

Art. 3Appeals

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 15-6-42 (2026).

Text

The court to which an appeal is prosecuted under the provisions of this article must examine the case anew and may confirm the order of the judge, discharge the appellant or require him to enter into a new undertaking, with sufficient sureties, to keep the peace in such sum and for such term as the court thinks proper, and it may make such order in relation to the costs of the prosecution as seems just, which may be enforced by execution.

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The court to which an appeal is prosecuted under the provisions of this article must examine the case anew and may confirm the order of the judge, discharge the appellant or require him to enter into a new undertaking, with sufficient sureties, to keep the peace in such sum and for such term as the court thinks proper, and it may make such order in relation to the costs of the prosecution as seems just, which may be enforced by execution.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §422; Code 1867, §3971; Code 1876, §4041; Code 1886, §4695; Code 1896, §5176; Code 1907, §7535; Code 1923, §5153; Code 1940, T. 15, §416.)