Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-12-72 (2026)
When Appeals May Be Taken Directly to Appellate Courts.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Appeals shall be directly to the appropriate appellate court if:
(1) An adequate record or stipulation of facts is available and the right to a jury trial is waived by all parties entitled thereto; or
(2) The parties stipulate that only questions of law are involved and the district court certifies the questions.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §4-111.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 42
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1981–2025 · leading case: Ex Parte Sorsby, 12 So. 3d 139 (Ala. 2007).
Ex Parte Sorsby, 12 So. 3d 139 (Ala. 2007). “Ala.Code 1975, § 12-12-72, provides for appeals directly to the appellate courts in certain cases.”
M.C. v. L.J.H., 868 So. 2d 465 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “Code 1975, § 12-15-120 (and § 12-11-30(3)) with the provisions of § 12-12-72, the two statutes upon which Presiding Judge Yates bases her special writing concurring in the result.”
Sanchez v. McKinney, 87 So. 3d 502 (Ala. 2011). “Code 1975 ("Except as provided in Section 12-12-72 and in subsection (e) of Section 12-15-120, all appeals from final judgments of the district court shall be to the circuit court for trial de novo.”
Nue Cheer Franklin v. Woodmere at the Lake., 89 So. 3d 144 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “The exceptions contained in § 12-12-72 and § 12-15-120(e), Ala.Code 1975, are not applicable in this case.”
T.C. v. Mac. M., 96 So. 3d 123 (Ala. 2012). “As we noted in the comments to subsequent amendments to Rule 28, the purpose of amending Rule 20 and Rule 28 was to reconcile former § 12-15-120 and § 12-11-30(3) (which provided, respectively, that appeals from the juvenile court were to the circuit court for a trial de novo…”
Davis v. State, 806 So. 2d 404 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “Pursuant to § 12-12-72, Ala.Code 1975, the district court certified the following question to this court: "When a DUI case and its companion case(s) (if any) are sent to the Grand Jury for consideration, and that Grand Jury returns an indictment for one count of Felony DUI and…”
Hulsey v. State, 866 So. 2d 1180 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “"Except as provided in Section 12-12-72 and in subsection (e) of Section 12-15-120, all appeals from final judgments of the district court shall be to the circuit court for trial de novo.”
State v. Sorsby, 12 So. 3d 130 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005). “Ala.Code 1975, § 12-12-72, provides for appeals directly to the appellate courts in certain cases.”
Crews v. Jackson, 218 So. 3d 368 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “” Finally, Crews argues that the circuit court erred by requiring that she post a superse-deas bond as a condition to staying the garnishment on de novo appeal in that court. We note that it appears that a portion of Crews’s arguments on appeal pertain to orders entered by the…”
State v. Mangon, 603 So. 2d 1131 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992). “Section 12-12-72 does not give any party the right to appeal but, as stated in the title to that section, only provides "[w]hen appeals may be taken directly to [an] appellate court[].”
Burnsed v. City of Evergreen, 844 So. 2d 526 (Ala. 2001). “) See also § 12-12-72, Ala.Code 1975. In its order dismissing Burnsed’s appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeals specifically stated that Burnsed had failed “to show that the transcript in question was prepared by a person duly appointed by the trial court to serve as an official…”
Sandlin v. State, 575 So. 2d 1221 (Ala. Crim. App. 1990). “This is a direct appeal from the district court under § 12-12-72, Code of Alabama 1975, which provides that an appeal may be taken from a district court directly to this court if “[an] adequate record or stipulation of facts is available and the right to a jury trial is waived…”
— Ala. Code § 12-12-72(1) — 11 cases
M.C. v. L.J.H., 868 So. 2d 465 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “Code 1975, § 12-15-120 (and § 12-11-30(3)) with the provisions of § 12-12-72, the two statutes upon which Presiding Judge Yates bases her special writing concurring in the result.”
Goode v. State, 408 So. 2d 198 (Ala. Crim. App. 1981).
McDaniel v. State, 706 So. 2d 1305 (Ala. Crim. App. 1997).
Ingram v. Allred, 119 So. 3d 1176 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012).
Mc v. Ljh, 868 So. 2d 465 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003).
— Ala. Code § 12-12-72(2) — 6 cases
M.C. v. L.J.H., 868 So. 2d 465 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “Code 1975, § 12-15-120 (and § 12-11-30(3)) with the provisions of § 12-12-72, the two statutes upon which Presiding Judge Yates bases her special writing concurring in the result.”
State v. Mangon, 603 So. 2d 1131 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992). “Section 12-12-72 does not give any party the right to appeal but, as stated in the title to that section, only provides "[w]hen appeals may be taken directly to [an] appellate court[].”
State ex rel. K.M. v. R.S., 803 So. 2d 575 (Ala. Civ. App. 2001).
A.C. v. State, 888 So. 2d 518 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004).
Mc v. Ljh, 868 So. 2d 465 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003).
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