Alabama Code 34-3-13. Officers with authority to take complaints and issue warrants practicing as attorneys in their own court
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 34-3-13
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
Any officer who has the power or authority to take complaints and issue warrants of arrest, and who acts as an attorney in any such case in which he or she took the complaint or issued the warrant, or heard the examination or tried the case in any court on preliminary examination or appeal or trial before a jury, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500.