Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-24-1 (2026)
Short Title.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This chapter shall be known as the “Intellectually Disabled Defendant Act.”
(Acts 1985, No. 85-652, p. 1020, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases, 2003–2016 · leading case: Stallworth v. State, 868 So. 2d 1128 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003).
Stallworth v. State, 868 So. 2d 1128 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “" See § 15-24-1 et seq. Ala.Code 1975. This Act addresses the placement of a mentally retarded individual before he/she is tried.”
Lewis v. State, 889 So. 2d 623 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “Code 1975 (a part of the "Retarded Defendant Act," § 15-24-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, defining a mentally retarded person for purposes of placement before trial as "[a] person with significant subaverage general intellectual functioning resulting in or associated with concurrent…”
Morris v. State, 60 So. 3d 326 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “However, Alabama has defined a mentally retarded person for the purposes of the “Retarded Defendant Act,” § 15-24-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, as follows: “Mentally retarded person.”
Lane v. State, 169 So. 3d 1076 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “However, Alabama has defined a mentally retarded person for the purposes of the ‘Retarded Defendant Act,’ § 15-24-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, as follows: “ ‘Mentally retarded person.”
Tarver v. State, 940 So. 2d 312 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005). “2001)(opinion on return to second remand), Alabama does have the "Retarded Defendant Act," § 15-24-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, that addresses the placement of mentally retarded individuals before trial.”
Smith v. State, 112 So. 3d 1108 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “However, Alabama has defined a mentally retarded person for the purposes of the ‘Retarded Defendant Act,’ § 15-24-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, as follows: “ ‘Mentally retarded person.”
Smith v. State, 213 So. 3d 226 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “Code 1975, defines a mentally retarded person, for purposes of the Act, as “[a] person with significant subaverage general intellectual functioning resulting in or associated with concurrent impairments in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, as…”
Wood v. Allen, 465 F. Supp. 2d 1211 (M.D. Ala. 2006). “At most, Alabama has the “Retarded Defendant Act,” § 15-24-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. Section 15-24-2(3), Ala.”
Smith v. State, 213 So. 3d 255 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007). “Code 1975, defines a mentally retarded person, for purposes of the Act, as “[a] person with significant subaverage general intellectual functioning resulting in or associated with concurrent impairments in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, as…”
Calhoun v. State, 261 So. 3d 457 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016). “However, Alabama has defined a mentally retarded person for the purposes of the 'Retarded Defendant Act,' § 15-24-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, as follows: " 'Mentally retarded person.”
Calhoun v. State, 261 So. 3d 457 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016). “However, Alabama has defined a mentally retarded person for the purposes of the 'Retarded Defendant Act,' § 15-24-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, as follows: " 'Mentally retarded person.”
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