Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-2-21 (2026)
Change on Motion of Trial Judge.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
On his own motion, a trial judge may, with the consent of the defendant, direct and order a change of venue as is authorized in Section 15-2-20 whenever, in his judgment, there is danger of mob violence, and it is advisable to have a military guard to protect the defendant from mob violence.
(Code 1923, §5580; Code 1940, T. 15, §268.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1986–1991 · leading case: Duren v. State, 507 So. 2d 111 (Ala. Crim. App. 1986).
Duren v. State, 507 So. 2d 111 (Ala. Crim. App. 1986). “In an opinion issued eleven days before Ake was decided, the Alabama Supreme Court held: "The legislature decided in Code of 1975, § 15-2-21(d), that, up to a maximum limit of $500, the State will reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred in defending an indigent defendant on…”
Tubbs v. State, 584 So. 2d 503 (Ala. 1991). “§ 15-2-21 (emphasis supplied). In this case, the trial court moved Longmire’s trial, not because of some anticipation of violence, but because “the Court [felt] it [was] the Court’s prerogative to use the facilities in this County to benefit the people of St.”
— Ala. Code § 15-2-21(d) — 1 case
Duren v. State, 507 So. 2d 111 (Ala. Crim. App. 1986). “In an opinion issued eleven days before Ake was decided, the Alabama Supreme Court held: "The legislature decided in Code of 1975, § 15-2-21(d), that, up to a maximum limit of $500, the State will reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred in defending an indigent defendant on…”
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