Terms Used In Alabama Code 30-4-60

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

The judge of the juvenile court may, after a part of such sentence has been served, also release the defendant from such sentence to jail or hard labor and suspend the remaining part thereof, and may make such order of support and release the defendant on probation subject to the same terms and conditions as provided for the probation of defendants not serving such sentence.