(a) The Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board may promulgate rules and regulations for establishing pretrial release programs, alternative sentencing programs, educational programs, intervention programs, treatment programs, supervision programs, and other programs to serve the courts of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-2-84.08

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
(b) A person who has been released or sentenced pursuant to this part and who has violated a condition of release or sentencing shall be subject to revocation of release or subject to revocation of any other sentence imposed upon motion of the court, the district attorney, or the supervising officer of the defendant in the program in which he or she has been placed. A revocation hearing shall be conducted by the court as provided by the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure for bond revocation in cases of violation of terms of pretrial release and probation revocation in cases where conditions of sentencing have been violated.
(c) The procedures and programs in this part shall be cumulative and in addition to all other bond and release procedures and sentencing procedures provided by law.
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