Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-12-2 (2026)
Determination as to Indigent Defense Systems to Be Used in Circuit, District and Municipal Courts.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §9, effective June 14, 2011.
(Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-105.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1979–1998 · leading case: Sparks v. Parker, 368 So. 2d 528 (Ala. 1979).
Sparks v. Parker, 368 So. 2d 528 (Ala. 1979). “Pursuant to §§ 15-12-2 and 15-12-3, Code of 1975, the order of December 27, 1977, was entered by Judge Parker with the advice and consent of the Indigent Defense Commission of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Alabama and after consultation with the Indigent Defense Committee of…”
Arthur v. State, 711 So. 2d 1031 (Ala. Crim. App. 1996). “"`Although § 15-12-2(d) authorizes payment of court-approved expenses, "[t]he trial judge must find some reasonable basis for the expenditure of state funds before he may authorize" payment under the statute, Wiggins v.”
Lyons v. Norris, 727 So. 2d 780 (Ala. 1998). “1979), in which this Court, although not discussing which appellate court had jurisdiction, held that the proper procedure for review of a trial judge's order establishing an indigent defense system in fulfillment of a duty to establish and administer such a system, imposed upon…”
Ala. Code § 15-12-2(d): 1 case
Arthur v. State, 711 So. 2d 1031 (Ala. Crim. App. 1996). “"`Although § 15-12-2(d) authorizes payment of court-approved expenses, "[t]he trial judge must find some reasonable basis for the expenditure of state funds before he may authorize" payment under the statute, Wiggins v.”
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