Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-5-55 (2026)
Conviction and Sentence of Death Subject to Automatic Review.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
In all cases in which a defendant is sentenced to death, the judgment of conviction shall be subject to automatic review. The sentence of death shall be subject to review as provided in Section 13A-5-53.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-178, §17.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases, 1986–2015 · leading case: Blackmon v. State, 7 So. 3d 397 (Ala. Crim. App. 2006).
Blackmon v. State, 7 So. 3d 397 (Ala. Crim. App. 2006). “See § 13A-5-55, Ala.Code 1975. Standard of Review Blackmon has been sentenced to death.”
Harris v. Alabama, 513 U.S. 504 (1995). “Ala. Code §13A-5-55 (1994); Fla. Stat. §921.”
Belisle v. State, 11 So. 3d 256 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007). “See § 13A-5-55, Ala.Code 1975. Standard of Review Belisle has been sentenced to death.”
Tomlin v. State, 909 So. 2d 213 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002). “Code 1975 (superseded; now § 13A-5-55). On motion of the State, we directed the trial court to enter a written sentencing order that detailed the facts of the crime and the aggravating circumstances and the mitigating circumstances that it deemed were present in the case.”
Ford v. State, 515 So. 2d 34 (Ala. Crim. App. 1986). “) Society's interest in the fairness, reliability, and integrity of the trial of a capital case is preserved in this case because of Alabama's plain error rule, A.”
Montez Spradley v. State of Alabama., 128 So. 3d 774 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “See § 13A-5-55, Ala.Code 1975. Because Spradley has been sentenced to death, according to Rule 45A, Ala.”
Kelley v. State (Ex parte Kelley), 246 So. 3d 1068 (Ala. 2015). “Moreover, even if Kelley did not file a notice of appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeals automatically reviews a judgment of conviction in which the sentence of death has been imposed.”
Sibley v. State, 775 So. 2d 235 (Ala. Crim. App. 1997). “As Judge Patterson stated: "In all cases in which a defendant has been sentenced to death in this state, the judgment of conviction shall be subject to automatic review and the sentence of death shall be subject to review by the Court of Criminal Appeals and the Alabama Supreme…”
Johnson v. State, 40 So. 3d 753 (Ala. Crim. App. 2009). “§ 13A-5-55, Ala.Code 1975. On February 27, 2007, this court remanded the cause to the circuit court with instructions that the circuit court hold a hearing during which it was to advise Johnson of the disadvantages of self-representation on appeal and the consequences of his…”
Block v. State, 744 So. 2d 404 (Ala. Crim. App. 1997). “§ 13A-5-55; § 12-22-150; Ala. R.App.P. 39(b); Ala.”
Russell v. State, 261 So. 3d 397 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). “See § 13A-5-55, Ala.Code 1975. 2 The State's evidence tended to show that on June 16, 2008, at around 9:00 p.”
Russell v. State, 261 So. 3d 397 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). “See § 13A-5-55, Ala.Code 1975. 2 The State's evidence tended to show that on June 16, 2008, at around 9:00 p.”
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