Code of Alabama - Title 15: Criminal Procedure - Section 15-24-5 - Proceedings upon finding defendant to be intellectually disabled

Section 15-24-5 - Proceedings upon finding defendant to be intellectually disabled.

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.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021