Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-17-25 (2026)
Appointment of Relief Judges to Assist in Clearing Dockets.
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Any judge shall, whenever he deems it necessary, call on the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to assign one or more judges to relieve the judges who need assistance in clearing dockets, civil and criminal.
(Acts 1915, No. 712, p. 809; Acts 1919, No. 321, p. 275; Code 1923, §6699; Code 1940, T. 13, §173; Acts 1949, No. 411, p. 583; Acts 1953, No. 510, p. 645; Acts 1957, No. 680, p. 1029; Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92, p. 276.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2005–2013 · leading case: Ex parte Sandifer, 925 So. 2d 290 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005).
Ex parte Sandifer, 925 So. 2d 290 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005). “The December 22, 2004, administrative order issued by the Chief Justice of Alabama, pursuant to § 12-17-25, Ala. Code 1975, was intended to assist the presiding judge of Talladega County in disposing of the Kirby motions in his circuit.”
Benjamin v. State, 156 So. 3d 424 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “White was appointed by the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court pursuant to § 12-17-25, Ala. Code 1975 , entitled “Appointment of Relief Judges to Assist in Clearing Dockets.”
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