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RULE 3. ARREST WARRANT OR SUMMONS UPON COMMENCEMENT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS; SEARCH WARRANT.

Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure – 2026

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RULE 1. SCOPE; PURPOSE, OBJECTIVES, AND CONSTRUCTION; COMPUTATION AND ENLARGEMENT OF TIME; DEFINITIONS; EFFECTIVE DATE. RULE 2. COMMENCEMENT AND PROSECUTION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS RULE 3. ARREST WARRANT OR SUMMONS UPON COMMENCEMENT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS; SEARCH WARRANT. RULE 4. ARREST AND INITIAL APPEARANCE RULE 5. PRELIMINARY HEARING RULE 6. RIGHT TO COUNSEL: APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL RULE 7. RELEASE. RULE 8. SPEEDY TRIAL RULE 9. PRESENCE OF DEFENDANT, WITNESSES, AND SPECTATORS; TELEVISING, PHOTOGRAPHING, OR RADIO BROADCASTING OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS RULE 10. CHANGE OF PLACE OF TRIAL RULE 11. INCOMPETENCY AND MENTAL EXAMINATIONS RULE 12. SELECTION OF VENIRE; THE GRAND JURY AND PETIT JURY PANELS RULE 13. CHARGES: INDICTMENT, INFORMATION, AND COMPLAINT RULE 14. ARRAIGNMENT AND PLEAS RULE 15. PREPARATION FOR TRIAL; PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS RULE 16. DISCOVERY RULE 17. SUBPOENAS RULE 18. TRIAL BY JURY; WAIVER; SELECTION AND PREPARATION OF PETIT JURORS RULE 19. TRIAL RULE 20. MOTION FOR JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL RULE 21. INSTRUCTIONS TO JURY; OBJECTION RULE 22. DELIBERATION OF JURY RULE 23. VERDICT RULE 24. POST-TRIAL MOTIONS RULE 25. PROCEDURE AFTER VERDICT OR FINDING OF NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF MENTAL DISEASE OR DEFECT RULE 26. JUDGMENT; PRESENTENCE REPORT; SENTENCE HEARING; SENTENCE RULE 27. PROBATION AND PROBATION REVOCATION RULE 30. APPEALS FROM MUNICIPAL AND DISTRICT COURTS RULE 32. POST-CONVICTION REMEDIES RULE 33. CONTEMPT RULE 34. FORM, CONTENT, AND SERVICE OF MOTIONS AND REQUESTS
Rule 3.1 Issuance of arrest warrant or summons. Rule 3.2 Contents of arrest warrant or summons. Rule 3.3 Execution and return of arrest warrant. Rule 3.4 Service of summons. Rule 3.5 Defective arrest warrant. Rule 3.6 Definition of search warrant. Rule 3.7 Authority to issue search warrants. Rule 3.8 Grounds for issuance of search warrant. Rule 3.9 Issuance of search warrant. Rule 3.10 Contents of search warrant; time of execution. Rule 3.11 Execution and return with inventory. Rule 3.12 Authority to break and enter. Rule 3.13 Unlawfully seized property. Rule 3.14 Return of papers to court.