Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-14-20 (2026)
Election by Jointly Indicted Defendants.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
When two or more defendants are jointly indicted, they may be tried either jointly or separately, as either may elect.
(Code 1852, §638; Code 1867, §4190; Code 1876, §4892; Code 1886, §4451; Code 1896, §5275; Code 1907, §7842; Code 1923, §5570; Code 1940, T. 15, §319.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1981–1986 · leading case: Brooks v. City of Birmingham, 401 So. 2d 299 (Ala. Crim. App. 1981).
Brooks v. City of Birmingham, 401 So. 2d 299 (Ala. Crim. App. 1981). “The trial judge sentenced each appellant in accordance with the verdict of the jury and meted out an additional penalty of thirty days in the city jail for each. Because a single issue raised by appellants, in our judgment, entitles them to a new trial, a further recitation of…”
Hayes v. State, 507 So. 2d 982 (Ala. Crim. App. 1986). “This rule also covers the manner in which strikes shall be conducted in a joint trial and points out that such is a procedural matter and does not contravene any constitutional right of the appellant.”
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