(a) Any person charged in Baldwin County for an offense, other than those enumerated in subdivision (5) of Section 45-2-84.02, may request and apply for pretrial release under this part. Employees of the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center or other persons designated by rules of the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board may investigate, evaluate, and recommend to a judicial officer the terms of the defendant‘s pretrial release pursuant to a pretrial release program developed by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board. The defendant shall be notified prior to his or her release of all fees or other monies he or she will be responsible to pay if he or she participates in pretrial release pursuant to this part.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-2-84.06
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The judicial officer having jurisdiction of the defendant may order, as a condition of pretrial release pursuant to this part, that in addition to any fees charged by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board the defendant pay monies otherwise ordered by the court.
