Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-24-5 (2026)
Proceedings Upon Finding Defendant to Be Intellectually Disabled.
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If the defendant is determined by the court to be intellectually disabled, the judge may:
(1) Consider the information submitted in determining the need for pretrial release along with appropriate conditions, or
(2) Order that the defendant, if he is not released, be accorded placement consistent with his special status so as to better protect him during this period of pretrial confinement.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-652, p. 1020, §5.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Stallworth v. State, 868 So. 2d 1128 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003).
Stallworth v. State, 868 So. 2d 1128 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “The only reference in the record to his mental ability is that Stallworth had qualified for special-education *1183 classes because of his borderline intelligence.”
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