Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 36-15-14 (2026)
Attorney General May Direct Prosecution in Criminal Cases.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The Attorney General, either in person or by one of his or her assistants, at any time he or she deems proper, either before or after indictment, may superintend and direct the prosecution of any criminal case in any of the courts of this state. The district attorney prosecuting in such court, upon request, shall assist and act in connection with the Attorney General or his or her assistant in such case.
(Acts 1915, No. 655, p. 719, § 2; Code 1923, §859; Code 1940, T. 55, §235; Act 2011-574, p. 1219, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1998–2016 · leading case: Riley v. Cornerstone Cmty. Outreach, Inc., 57 So. 3d 704 (Ala. 2010).
Riley v. Cornerstone Cmty. Outreach, Inc., 57 So. 3d 704 (Ala. 2010). “This statute does not enable a supernumerary district attorney to act beyond the Attorney General’s authority.”
Summit Med. Assocs., P.C. v. James, 984 F. Supp. 1404 (M.D. Ala. 1998). “) In the letter, the attorney general stated that his instructions to the district attorneys were given pursuant to *1415 1975 Ala.Code § 36-15-14 (Miehie 1991), which provides in pertinent part as -follows: “The attorney general .”
Summit Med. Assocs., P.C. v. Pryor, 180 F.3d 1326 (11th Cir. 1999). “The Attorney General stated that these instructions were given pursuant to Ala.Code § 36-15-14 (1991), which provides in relevant part: “The attorney general .”
Doe v. Pryor, 344 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2003). “See Ala.Code § 36-15-14; Graddick v. Galanos, 379 So.”
Tyson v. Jones, 60 So. 3d 831 (Ala. 2010). “Alabama Code § 36-15-14 provides that the Attorney General — not the Governor or a special prosecutor *840 appointed by him — ‘may at any time he sees proper, either before or after indictment, superintend and direct the prosecution of any criminal case in any of the courts of…”
Summit Med. Assocs., P.C. v. Siegelman, 130 F. Supp. 2d 1307 (M.D. Ala. 2001). “” In his 1997 letter, the Attorney General stated that his instructions to the district attorneys were given pursuant to 1975 Ala. Code § 36-15-14 , which provides in pertinent part as follows: "The attorney general .”
State v. $223,405.86, 203 So. 3d 816 (Ala. 2016). “He or she shall also attend to all cases other than criminal that may be pending in the courts of this state, in which the state may be in any manner concerned ....”); § 36-15-21 ("All litigation concerning the interest of the state .”
Jones v. CVS Caremark Corp., 59 So. 3d 21 (Ala. 2010). “*26 In support of this argument, the district attorney cites Ala.Code 1975, § 36-15-14, which states: “The Attorney General, either in person or by one of his assistants, may at any.”
Summit Med. Assocs. v. James (11th Cir. 1999). “3 The Attorney General stated that these instructions were given pursuant to Ala. Code § 36-15-14 (1991), which provides in relevant part: “The attorney general .”
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