Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-3-9 (2026)
Appellate Jurisdiction of Court of Criminal Appeals.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The Court of Criminal Appeals shall have exclusive appellate jurisdiction of all misdemeanors, including the violation of town and city ordinances, habeas corpus and all felonies, including all post conviction writs in criminal cases.
(Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 53
cases (9 in the last 5 years), 1978–2026 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Franklin v. Mcbride, 701 S.E.2d 97 (W. Va. 2009).
State Ex Rel. Franklin v. Mcbride, 701 S.E.2d 97 (W. Va. 2009). “Code Ann. § 22.001 (West 2004); Va. S.Ct.”
Collins v. Alabama Dept. of Corr., 911 So. 2d 739 (Ala. Crim. App. 2004). “The majority does not hold that a common-law writ of certiorari is not a "postconviction writ" within the meaning of *744 § 12-3-9, Ala.Code 1975. [2] In fact, the majority acknowledges that this Court has jurisdiction over an appeal from a circuit court's denial of a petition…”
Ex Parte State, 985 So. 2d 446 (Ala. 2007). “2007) (citing § 12-3-9, Ala.Code 1975, describing types of cases over which the Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction, and § 12-3-10, Ala.”
Woods v. State, 221 So. 3d 1125 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016). “Alabama Code 1975, § 12-3-9. Any subsequent review of a criminal conviction by a higher state appellate court is by writ of certiorari to the Alabama Supreme Court.”
Ex Parte State, 921 So. 2d 450 (Ala. 2005). “" § 12-3-9, Ala.Code 1975. Therefore, as the majority recognizes, Ala.”
Hunt v. State, 642 So. 2d 999 (Ala. Crim. App. 1994). “" Section 12-3-9, Code of Alabama 1975 states in pertinent part: "The court of criminal appeals shall have exclusive appellate jurisdiction of .”
David Dill, Jr. v. Arnold Holt, 371 F.3d 1301 (11th Cir. 2004). “1997); (2) appealing the denial of that petition to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, see Ala.Code § 12-3-9 (2003); Johnson, 729 So.”
Hutchinson v. State, 66 So. 3d 220 (Ala. 2010). “2007) (citing § 12-3-9, Ala.Code 1975, describing types of cases over which the Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction, and § 12-3-10, Ala.”
Cook v. Bentley, 202 So. 3d 316 (Ala. 2016). “” § 12-3-9, Ala.Code 1975. Because Cook’s and Holt’s mandamus petitions arise from actions seeking relief based on the conditions of their incarceration, rather than from actions giving rise to their incarceration, the proceedings underlying the petitions are civil, not…”
Evans v. State, 361 So. 2d 666 (Ala. 1978). “The Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction to review a decision in which the death penalty is imposed, §§ 12-3-9, XX-XX-XXX, Code of Ala. 1975, and that Court has the duty to examine the entire record to determine whether any error exists prejudicial to the defendant.”
Watters v. State, 369 So. 2d 1272 (Ala. 1979). “The Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction to review a decision in which the death penalty is imposed, §§ 12-3-9, XX-XX-XXX, Ala.Code of 1975, and that Court has the duty to examine the entire record to determine whether any error exists prejudicial to the defendant.”
State v. Greenetrack, Inc., 154 So. 3d 940 (Ala. 2014). “With regard to the Court of Criminal Appeals’ appellate jurisdiction, § 12-3-9, Ala. Code 1975, provides that the “Court of Criminal Appeals shall have exclusive appellate jurisdiction of all misdemeanors, including the violation of town and city ordinances,-habeas corpus and…”
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