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Preface ...... •. , ...... , ... ,. v Judicial Education ...... •. , .. , . 0...... 0.... 16 Judicial Study Commission ..... o •••• , •• • • •• • • • • • •• 17 Judicial Organizational Chart ..•...... •...... :. 0 ••• vi State Law Library...... 18

The Appellate Courts .. 0 ••••••• , , ••••••••••••••••• " 1 Judicial Discipline, Removal ..•...... •.... 18 The ., .. , ...... , ..... , ...... 1 Judicial Inquiry Commission ...... 18

The Courts of Appeal , .. o •• ,P•••• , •. ;;, ••••••••••• 2 Court of the Judiciary .. , .. ;. . • ...... • . .. 19 EadyJudicial Reform .. , ...... 3 Judicial Appropriations} :Revenues .. 0 ••••••••• 0 0 o. (19

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TO: The Honorable C. C. Torbert, Jr. , State of Alabama , 0 Q This fifth annual rep8rt from the Administrative Director. qf Courts covering fiscal year 1980 is published as required by § 12-5-10 (81 Code of A!fobama, 1975. The report is presentee! in two volumes. This narrative report is designed for the general reader and treats the fundi,p.g, functions, workload and programs of the Alabama Judicial System in both a historic and ~,overview fashion, highlighted by graphs, charts and photographs. It is designed to be circulated to other states, Alabama government offiGials apd interested

citi~ens.", 0 " t '" A separf).te statistical supplement details the work-., load of both the appeJlate and trial courts of the state and will be distributed to state court officials and to other interested persons upon request. c It J~ the desire of the Administrative, Director of Courts and the Administrative Office of Co,urts that this report enhance and provide a betterunderstanding of the function and role of the judicial branch of Alabama's government. C. C. TORBERT, JR. Chief Justice Alabama Supreme Court Chief Adfuinistrative Officer, Alabama Judicial System D ~);

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') a }l The Apllellate Courts The Supreme Court (;, JUDICI..(\L ORGANIZATIONAt CHART The judicial branch of Alabama's government w5fJ; created by the , adopted Aug. 2, \1 1819 with the judicial power of the state vested in a Supreme Court, circuit courts sitting in eaCh county and inferior courts of l~w and equity. Five circuit judgeships were initially authorizectand o these circuit judges were required to perform the duties of the Supreme Court untlI otherwise provided bY'the '" ' a general assembly. o SUPREM~,~Ot&T Oll ALABAMA< (j. 0 III Circui~judges were selected by the general assembly SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA " \ and authorized to hold office during good behavior. The First row -left to right: Justice Richard L. Jones, Justice Q Constitution was amended in 1830, providing for six­ Hugh Maddox, Chief Justice C. C. Torbert;' Jr., Justice James H,Faulkner, Justice Reneau P. Almon. Second row: ! • ,' cmEli'J'(JS'I',{CE ' , ,.' year terms . The Supreme Court was given appellate jurisdiction JusticeSamuel A. Beatty, Justice Janie L. Shores, Justice T. ~"hPREME COURT OF ALABAMA Eric Embry, Justice Oscar W. Adams, Tr. !1-. d' along with the power to issue necessary and remedial writs. It was ~lso authorized to exercise general superintendence over all state courts. ADMlWISTRATIVEDlREC'l'OR(I () QFCOURTS The first term of the Supreme Court was held at Cahaba, the state's capital, on May 10, 1820. This first court consisted of Circuit Judges Reuben Saffold, Henry

Q y, Webb, Richard Ellis and Clement C. Clay, who was o ADN:nN~TRATrvEo~mc:1t COURTOF ~ COURT OJ! elected chief justice. A. S. Lipscomb, the fifth circuit oOFCOUllTS CIVIL APPEALS ClUMINALAPPEALS judge was not present: Nine cases were brought before o the court, mainly dealing with matters of pleading and o practice. In 1821, ca sixth circuit judgeship was created and a seventh was established in 1828. '; In 1832, the legislature enacted a law which u (( cmcmT CLERK established a sep~rate Supreme Court and reduced the Cm.CUIT COl.JJ;lTS AND~GISTER ' number of judge& on the Supeme Court to three. The new,. If) \\ 0 l~w also provided that they be elected by both houses of: ALABAJVIA COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS the legislature for six-year terms. This term length was Judge Robert>oBradley, Pres~dingJudge L. Charles Wright, in line with the Six-year term which had been established Judge Richard Holmes. by constitutional amendment in 1830. o , C{ ~!l 1827, the court moved to the new capital,

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: .,'. JI law clerks and in 1969 that the legislature provided for the State Constitution. The constitutional authority of but that number was increased to five in 1971. JEarly Judicial Refortn the number of Supreme Court justices to be increased to the Supreme Court was defined as follows: The court of Criminal Appeals has exclusive appel­ I: i nine. "The Supreme Court shall be the highest court of the state late jurisdiction of all misdemeanors, including viola­ During the first decade of the 1900's, the state bar I· ~. t In 1971, legislation was adopted giving the Supreme and shall consist of one chief justice and such number of associate tions of city ordinances, all felonies and all post had become interested in judicial reform. At the bar Li Court exclusive power to promulgate rules of procedure justices as may be prescribed by law. conviction writs in criminal cases. The court also has association's meeting on July 13, 1910, Judge Joseph H. liThe Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction 11) of and practice in the appellate courts. Additionallegisla­ cases and controversies as provided by this COllstitutioll, (2) to original jurisdiction in the issuance of remedial writs Nathan of Sheffield, chairman of the bar's committee on tion was adopt~d eliminating certain procedural delays issue such remedial writs or orders as may be necessary to give it necessary to give it general superintendence and control jurisprudence and law reform, proposed the creation of in the submission of cases in the appellate courts. general supervision and control of courts of inferior jurisdiction, of jurisdictions inferior to it in matters over which it has the new Court of Appeals, a matter accomplished at the The Supreme Court adopted new rules of civil and (3) to answer questions of state law certified by a court of the exclusive appellate jurisdiction. Judgment of the Court following year's legislative session. Gov. O'Neal sup­ United States. ported the creation of the new court and on May 10, procedure tor the state courts in 1973 and new rules of "The Supreme Court shall have such appellate jurisdiction as of Criminal Appeals is final unless, subsequent to appellate procedure were adopted by the court in 1975. may be provided by law." overruling application for rehearing, petition for cer­ 1912, he appointed a committee to study and suggest The Supreme Court is currently in the process of Generally, the Supreme Court has the following tiorari is granted by the Supreme Court. further judicial reforms to the legislature. In his letter revising the state's rules of criminal procedure. jurisdiction and powers under statute: (1) To exercise The Court of Civil Appeals has exclusive appellate appointing the committee, Gov. O'Neal wrote: On December 18, 1973, the state's electorate appellate jurisdiction coextensive with the state, under jurisdiction of all suits at law where the amount at issue "As the State has grown in wealth and population, litigation aEProved a complete revision of the Judicial Article to such restrictions and regulations as are prescribed by does not exceed $10,000; all appeals from administrative has correspondingly increased and many new courts have been law. (2) To exercise original jurisdiction in the issue and agencies; all appeals in domestic relations cases (in­ established. The necessity for these additional courts could, in my determinations of writs of quo warranto and mandamus cluding annulment, divorce, adoption and child custody) judgment, have been largely obviated had we reformed our in relation to matters in which no other court has and all extraordinary writs arising therefromj all work­ ancient and antiquated methods of judicial procedure. It is important that justice be administered speedily and economically jurisdiction. (3) To issue writs of injunction, habeas men's compensation and unemployment compensation in our courts, and that punishment should swiftly and certainly corpus and such other remedial and original writs as are cases. follow crime, but neither of these results can be obtained unless necessary to give it general superintendence and control thorough reforms in our present system be secured. of courts of inferior jurisdiction. (4) To make and "The imperative necessity of judicial reform has challenged Popular Election of 1udges the consideration of all thoughtful people in Alabama, but I feel promulgate rules governing the administration of all that it will be impossible to secure the needed changes unless courts. (5) To punish for contempt by the infliction of a those who are qualified will voluntarily undertake a careful fine not exceeding $100 and imprisonment not ex­ Until 1867, when a new constitution provided for consideration of the subject, and recommend the passage of such ceeding 10 days or both. The court is also authorized by the first popular election of appellate judges, the chief legislAtion as will accomplish the desired results. law to give advisory opinions to the governor and the justice was elected by the members of the court. Under "The capacity of a State to deal with crime and to administer legislature on important constitutional questions. The the new popular election process established by the justice economically and without delay is a test of the efficiency constitutional revision of 1867, E. W. Peck became the of popular government, and I am sure you recognize that the court may appoint advisory and standing committees reforms suggested are of vital importance." 1. O. SENTELL first chief justice elected by the people. At that same Clerk of the an:,~ establish additional duties for judges. It hears all election, Thomas M. Peters and B. F. Saffold became the At the 1915 sessionl the legislature named a special Supreme Court utility rate case appeals from the Alabama Public Service Commission. first associate justices to be elected by popular vote. committee on the judiciary, three members from the

In his first message to the legislature on January 17, 1911, Gov. Emmet O'Neal of Florence declared: "It is apparent that our Supreme Court needs relief. The cases coming before that body are too numerous for that court as presently constituted to determine with promptness and at the same time to give the care which many of them, from their grave importance, demand. Every utterance of the Supreme Court should be the last word, and should represent the utmost research obtainable." MOLLIE SUE JORDAN Clerk, Court of During the 1911 legislative session, with Gov. Criminal Appeals O'Neal's support, a new three member Court of Appeals was established. The governor immediately named Richard W. Walker of Huntsville, John Pelham of Anniston and Edward de Graffenried of Greensboro as judges of the new appeals court. The Court of Appeals was given final appellate jurisdiction of all criminal cases in which the punish­ ment did not exceed 20 years and in civil suits where the \ amount involved was not more than $1,000. Two hundred and sixty cases were transferred from the Supreme Court to the docket of the Court of Appeals at its first session in 1911. , In 1969 the legislature divided the Court of Appeals into a Court of Criminal Appeals and a Court of Civil I Appeals. The new Court of Civil Appeals was activated JOHN H. WILKERSON Chief1ustice Torbert, Justice Almon at news conference Clerk, Court of that year with three judges. The Court of Criminal Civil Appeals Appeals also initially was constituted with three judges _~ ______,_~ ______.----..,.L~iJ_t~,.~-.::::-=:.=== ------~-'~-; ------~ _ • ...-t-.. ._.-_~ .•

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senate and five from the house, to consider and re­ Judicial Article) more clearly defined the administrative Death penalty cases are automatically appealed to ment, and on Jan. II, 1833, eight circuits were created. J commend reform legislation Gn all phases of the state role of the chief justice inSection 6.1 0 which proVides as the Court of Criminal Appeals. On Jan. 8, 1836, a ninth circuit Was established; and a courts. On July 13, 1915, the committee submitted its follows: tenth circuit, Jan. 31,1840. The Code of 1852 contains a ') report along with 69 separate bills. .,;:;:? ~. "The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shaH be the The Court of Civil Appeals provision for nine circuits, and makes an entire re­ The major reform involved court consolidation, but administrative head of the judicial system. He shall appoint an arrangement cf the counties. Following the Civil War, perhaps equal in importance was the administrative administrative director of courts and other needed personnel to The Court of Civil Appeals saw an. increase of six the creation of new cOlintie~ necessitated reorganization supervisory power conferred on the chief justice by assist him with his administrative tasks." percent in the number of cases docketed in its 1979-80 of the circuits, and onFeb. f9, 1867, 12 were formed. The legislation passed on September 18, 1915. Prior to this, In 1975, the legislature implemented the provisions term year. The court issued a total of 282 written constitutional convention of 1875 put itself on record as no general administrative supervision of the courts'had of the new judicial article and':created in that legislation opinions, up 12 percent. In all, the court handled a total opposed) to aDincrease of circuits by the adoption of a been authorized other than through impeachment, in­ the Administrative Office o'!Courts. of 668 matters during 1979-80. section limiting the number to eight "unless increased dictment, the supervisory power vested in the appellate In 1977, newly-elected Chief Justice C. C. Torbert, Jr. Each judge on the court wrote 83 opinions. The by a vote of two-thirds of the members of each house," courts and the limited authority of the governor. The of Opelika consolidated the Department of CourtManage­ court's caseload has increased 51 percent over the past and it was provided that no circuit should contain lei,S new legislation envisioned a central directing agency, ment into the Administrative Office of Courts which, five years. than three nor more than 12 counties. The same constitu­ charged with the duty of collecting reports and in­ under his supervision, is now responsible for court tion contained the further provision that at the first formation as to lithe administration of justice, the administration within the state. session of the legislature after ratification, the salaries of workings and operations of the courts, the amount of circuit judges should be reduced at least 25 percent and business pending, performed or dispatched in the several that thereafter there should be no increase "except by a courts of the State." Appelll.ate Court Caseload The Trial Courts vote of a majority of all the members electecfto each The chief justice was given the authority and house, taken by yeas and nays and entered on the directed lito see that the business of the several courts of In spite of caseload increases in recent years, the :t journals." The legislature, on Jan. 31, 1879, again the counties is attended to with proper dispatch, and three state appellate courts entered their 1980-81 term rearranged the counties into eight circuits and estab­ that the cases, civil and criminal, not be permitted to year on October I, '1980, with current dockets. lished the ninth, Feb. 5, 1885. Other circuits were become congested or delayed, and he shall take care that It was the eighth consecutive year all three courts Circuit courts were first established in the con­ established by succeeding sessions, and the Code of 1896 prisoners are not allowed to remain in the jails without a -The Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appea.ls and stitution of 1819 which vested the judicial power of the shows 13 c;ircuits. Sixteen circuits are shown by the prompt trial." The ch~ef justice was given the power to Court of Civil Appeals - have entered a new term year state in "circuit courts to be held in each county in the Code of 1907. The twentieth circuit was formed Sept. 25, order a call of the, dockets of the courts and to direct with no significant backlog of cases. state." These courts were given original jurisdiction in 1915. judges to call such dockets; to order solicitors to court to all matters civil and crjminal in the state not otherwise Today the state has 39 judicial circuits, the latest prosecute criminal cases; to o~der judges into anf circuit Supreme Court excepted in the constitution. In civil matters, the circuit established in 1978 when Limestone CGunty was to try cases or provide for the rotation of circuit judges. court was given jurisdiction where the sum in con­ separated from the 8th, Circuit and made the 39th While the legislation of 1915 gave considerable The Supreme Court handled 846 cases during the trovers), exceeded $50. Circuit. There are 113 circuit judges and each circuit has administrative authority to the office of chief justice, it 1979-80 term year. The court rendered 436 full written In territorial times and until the adoption of the from one to 20 resident circuit judges. A sits was over a half-century before the chief justice was given opinions, heard and reviewed 247 writs of certiorari, state constitution, the superior courts exercised the in every county of the state. The circuit court is the the administrative support r;o carry out these tas;ks. handled 94 miscellaneous and extraordinary writs and jurisdiction later conferred upon the circuit courts. state's general jurisdiction trial court. The next major effort to modernize the judicial issued 10 advisory opinions. Although the constitution provided for a Supreme The circuit court jurisdiction, generally, is as machinery of the state came in 1971 and was directed by Court with three judges, no provision was made for its follows: a newly-elected chief justice, Howell T. Heflin of Tus­ The number of cases, writs and petitions docketed by the Supreme Court has increased by 112 percent over separate organiza tion. The act of Dec. 14, 1819 regUlating !1) Civil - Exclusive original jurisdiction of all civil cuml:Ha. Heflin successfully urged the legislature to the past six years. proceedings in the courts of law and equity, provided action in which the matter in controversy exceeds , provide him the adminstrative support to carry out the that the Supreme Court, both in law and equity, should 1\$5,000. Original jurisdiction concurrent with the district responsibilities of the office as mandated by the 1915 be held by, and the powers of the same be vested in, and court in all civil actions in which the matter in legislation. The legislature responded by creating, in its The Court of Criminal Appeals its duties be performed by the judges of the several controversy exceeds $500, exclusive of interest and 1971 session, a Department of Court Management. cOul."ing the 1979-80 term year, the Court of Criminal circuit courts. Their terms were made indefinite, that is, costs. This department was created to assist the chief Appeals handled and disposed of 803 cases. This figure they were elected during good behavior. (2) Criminal - Exclusive original jurisdiction of all d justice with his task of ensuring that the business of the Within 10 years, discussion began concerning the felony prosecutions and of misdemeanor or ordinance i does not reflect the numerous petitions handled by the courts of the state is carried out with proper dispatch and clerk ('under authority of the court. During the past adoption of an amendment to the constitution limiting violations w'hich are lesser included offenses within a that the dockets of such courts not become congested to decade the Court of CriIPinal Appeals' caseload has judicial terms. The same discussion also concerned the felony charge or which arise from the same incident as a the point that justice is unreasonably delayed. tripled. creation of a Supreme Court with separate judges. An felony charge. I The legislature authorized the chief justice to assign The court has a "search the record" rule !§ 12-22-240 amendment was adopted in January, 1830,limiting the (3) Appellate - The circuit court has appellate I duties to the department but specifically prescribed that Code of Alabama, 1975). Since bills of exceptions have terms of the several judges of the circuit courts to six jurisdiction of civil, criminal and juvenile cases in I " i the,department should do the following: ordit'i~11ce 'I been abolished and criminal cases are decided on the years. The legislature, on Jan. 14, 1832) provided for a district court and prosecutions for violations Ii !1) Work with th:e clerks and registers of all civil and entire record, much more time is required for reviewing supreme court of three judges. From 1819 until adoption in municipal courts, except in cases in which direct Ii criminal trial courts in the state to compile and digest and deciding the many appeals with multi-volume of a constitutiq~al amendment in 1850, all circuit judges appeal to the Courts of Civil or Criminal Appeals is information and statistics concerning the administra­ records. provided by law or rule. Appeals to the circuit court are Ii were chosen by joint v'ote of both houses of the general , , tion of justice in the statej amendm~~nt tried do novo, with or without a jury, as provided by law. i';' In 1975, legislation was passed which fixed punish­ assembly. An in 1850 provided for their it (2) Serve as an agency to apply for and receivecany ment in the enumerated capital offenses at death or life election "by the qualified electors of their circuits (4) Superintendence of district, municipaLand probate \ 1i grants or other assistance and to coordinate and conduct imprisonment without parole. The search the record of respectively." c courts - The circuit court is empowered to exerCise studies and projects in connection with the improve­ rule is magnified in cases where the death penalty is The judiCial system oJ the state was organized at the gen6~l superintellBenCe over all district, municipal and ment of the administration of justice in Alabama; imposed. In other cases, although the entire record must first session of the legislature, 1819, and an act was probate court~, ,Iii (3)Assist the Judicial Conference in its tasks, and; be read and all questions apparent on the record aproved Dec. 14, 1819 lito regulate the proceedings in the (5) Con tempts - The circuit court may punish o (4) Promote, carry oti and assist in programs designed considered and decided, the questions must be preserved courts of law and equity." Among other things, five contempt by fines not exceeding $100 and by im­ , to aid in the continuing legal and judicial education of for review by timely objections, motions or pleading at circuits were created. In December of 1821, the state was prisonment not exceeding five days. This, however, does , 1 justices, judges, clerks, registers and other court per­ trial. In death penalty cases, the plain error rule prevails reorganize~ into six judicial circuits. The opening iip of not limit the power of the circuit court to enforce its sonnel. and all questions, preserved or not, are reviewed by the the eastern section of the state by the formation of orders Clad judgments by determinations of civil con­ In l~73, Constitutional Amendment 328 (the new court. tempt. \1 i o

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repugnant to Section 45 of the Constitution, but are at a loss to also has jurisdict~on to hold preliminary hearings in The Distr~ctCourts know how things accomplished by the ac,t could have been more properly expressed in the title or dealt with in the body." felony prosecutions. Under the consolidated court act passed in the The district court exercises exclusive jurisdiction reform effort of 1915, the state court system cQnsisted of Although the consolidation act of 1915 reduced the over all civil actions in which the matter in controversy a SlJpreme Court, a court of appeals, circuit courts, number of different limited jurisdiction courts in the exclusive of interest and costs, does not exceed o $500~ probate courts, county courts, commissioners' courts, state, that number gradually increased over the next half Claims under $500 are placed on the court's small claims inferiotcourts, juvenile courts, justices of the peace and century and by the early 1970s, there were limited docket. recorders' courts. . jurisdiction courts called by some 24 different names Many city courts, la~V' and equity courts, criminal with differing jurisdictions and rules of procedure in Juvenile Pro~eedings courts and other inferior courts, usually called by the every county. Unification of these courts became the name of the city or area over which they .. exercised main thrust of the judicial reform effort of the 1970s. jurisdiction, were eliminated by the consolidation act. By 1973, these courts, which usually were estab­ Prior to legislation implementing the new Judicial The consolidation act of 1915 did not go into effect lished by special statutes of local application, numbered Article in 1975, exclusive juvenile jurisdiction was WIthoUt. challenge. The case of Smith v. Stiles, appealed 81. In the civil area, jurisdictions varied from $50 to placed in the probate court. The legislature, however, from the city court of Birmingham, tested the new act in $10,000. Some courts had no criminal jurisdiction,while transferred thisjurisdiction from the probate court to the . others had concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court limited jurisdiction courts in 36 counties and the circuit courts in six counties. ... After ,~full and exhaustive review, the court held over misdemeanors. These courts were abolished upon that the consolidated court act was in full force and -establishment of the new district court. In 1975, the juvenile laws of the state were revised Circuit Judges Arthu~ Gambl~, ,Randall Thomas effect, and that the several judiciary acts, passed by the Alabama's district courts were created constitu­ so that today, the circuit and district courts exercise legislature of 1915, together with the existing statutes tionally in 1973 and became operative on Jan. 16, 1977 original concurrent jurisdiction as the juvenile court. within the legal definition. and the provisions of the constitution, were sufficient to follOWing legislative implementation of the new Judicial The juvenile court j$ defined as either the juvenile Under existing provisions of law, a child who is 14 constitute an entire system complete in itself, and fully Article in the 19751egislative session. The new district division of the district or circuit court. In those districts years of .,age or older may be transferred to circuit or operative in the several counties. It was held that the courts, with uniform jurisdiction, practice and pro­ having only one district judge, the judge of the district district c·ourt for prosecution as an adult if he is charged cou'nties of Lee and Marengo, which had previously been cedure, replaced this hodgepodge of local limited court serves as the juvenile judge. In districts having withaan offense that would constitute a felony if detached from regular circuits, and which were then jurisdiction courts. A district court was established in more than one judge, the presiding circuit judge committed by an adult or if the child is alleged to have served by law and equity courts, would constitute each county of the state and today there are 89 district designates either a district J1.!dge or a circuit judge to committed any offense and is already under commitment separate and individual circuits, and that the law and court judges. Each district has from one to 11 judges~·The serve as the judge hearing juvenile cases. Juvenile to an agency, department or institution as a delinquent.. ' equity courts established therein, would along with all district cdurt is a court of record and a non-jury court. jurisdiction is exercised by a circuit judge in 11 counties others, be abolished. . Cases appealed are heard de novo in the circuit court. at this time. In the remaining 56 counties and the The Probate Courts This, as well as the entire body of judicial reform The original civil jurisdiction of the district court is Bessemer Divj.sion of Jefferson County, a district judge ', .. "': uniform through the state inclusive of all civil actions in sits as the juvenile judge. Additionally, referees may be legislation, received wide discussion both on the part of The probate courts in Alabama have original and the public and the bar. Since it involved practically a which the matter in controversy does not exceed $5,000 appointed by the juvenile judge subject to approval by and civil actions based on unlawful detainer, with the administrative director ofcourts. These referees may general jurisdiction over the probate of wills, granting of complete reorganization of the judicial system of the letters testamentary, right of executorship, settlement of state, it stirred considerable controversy. Smith v. Stiles certain e:xceptions which are set out inCode of Alabama conduct hearings in any case or any class of cases, within Section 1.2-12-30. certain restrictions, and the findings 6f a referee become accounts of executors and administrators, sale of estate was decided Dec. 16, 1916 and the opinion prepared by properties, appointment and removal of guardians for Chief Justice John C. Anderson contains a full and The district court has exclusive original trial the finding~~f the juvenile court if ,confirmed by the jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions of all offenses juvenile judge~' .. minors and persons of unsound mind, guardianships, thorough discussion from which the following excerpt is allotments of dower in land, partition of lands within made: '. - ,defined bylaw or ordinance as misdemeanors, except Matters, involving children over which the jl.lvenile prosecutions by municipalities having municipal courts; cqurts exercise original jurisdiction inclu,de: proce·edings their counties and name changes. There is.a probate "The main subject dealt With, purpose so~ght, or object to be prosecutions which involve felony offenses within the in which a child is alleged to be delinquent,/ dependent or court in every county. Several probate judges also serve accomplished, as indicated by tllis title and which has been dealt as chairmen ofthe county commission for the designated with in the body of the law, was the establishment of one general in need of supervision; proceedings to determine custody ,or appoint a legal guardian when the child is before the county~ 1 circuit court system, to the exclusion of other trial courts having I the jurisdiction of the circuit and chancery courtj to provide a juvenile court; removal of disabilities of non-age; pro­ circuit court in every county in the state and to get rid of the ceedings for the Commil>ment of a mentally ill OJ:' The Municipal Courts others, whether by merger, consolidation, conversion, or abolition, mentally retarded child; proceedings under the Inter~ and for the transfer of all cases pending in the other courts to the circuit court. The title deals with but one general subject, and all state COnlpact on Juveniles; and, proceedings for the The new Alabama municipal courts were estab­ things done by the act an;germane and cognate to the title, which termination of parental rights. Additionally, the juvenile lished effective D(;c. 27, 1977. These courts have uniform provides for the establisnment or maintenance of a circuit court courts exercise original and exclusive jurisdiction over original jurisdiction limited to cases arising under system throughout the entire state to the exclusi6n of all other minors and adults charged with any of the following; municipal ordinances. The municipal court has con­ trial courts exercising chancery or circuit jurisdiction. In othel words, the law provides for a circuit court in every county in the aiding or causing a child to become ~linquent,deperi~ current jurisdiction with the district court of all acts State and for wiping out all others, by inerging them into the dent or in need of supervision;llnferfering with the. constituting violations of state law committed within ! circuit court in counties whierl have other courts, by merely custody of or removal of any dependent or delinquent the police jurisdiction where the municipality has preserving the circuit r30urt in counties having nothing but a child or one in need 'of su pervision who is in the custody provided for such by ordinance. A municipality may, by circll.itcourt, and by converting other courts into the circuit court of the court, probation officer or any ilgency designated municipal ordinance, abolish its municipal court and in counties having no circuit court, but a law and equity court, to I wit, Lee and Marengo. While a garbling ofthe title and play upon by the court; paternity ·of a chi1d born out o.f wedlock}' transfer jurisdiction to the district court. , words capable of different definitions could indicate two or more and, proceedings charging' any minor or adult with driferent subj.ects or give the title some ambiguity, yet when it is Judges Metting desertion and nonsupport. fairly considered in its entirety, and a plain common sense Under current law a "child" is defined as an in­ Office of Circuit Clerk and I meaning is given the words employed, it plainly evidences a I , exclusive jurisdiction of the circllit court; and, mis­ dividual under the age of 18 or under 19 years of age and Register , , legislative purpose to deal with the one general subject of I?roviding a circuit court in every county in the state, to the demeanors for which an indictment has been returned who committed the act of deliftquency with which he or exclusion of all others therein mentioned, and everything done or by a grand jury. The district court may exercis·e original she is charged before' reaching the age of 18. TheX'efore} There is an office cif circuit clerk in each county and , contemplated by the act is germane to this one general obj~ct. We jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit co~rt to receive by law, an adult is one over the age of 19, and a minor is(' in the Bessemer Division of the 10th Judicial Circuit. if, ,I ' are not only not impressed with the contention that the act is pleas of guilty in felony cases not punishable by death. It an in~;ividtlal under the age of 19 and who is not a "child" The statutory authority of clerks is as follows:(l) To :; ! t . "-

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i~'" -··....,,·:~ ...... ~-Q-;--:-:-~ .. 7r:-·: .... ~~.,.., .. ,. ) ~~.... oh"'~"n.r~ ~N ~.;..., .... ~ ,"-'~'~-liiI-". Circuit Court Caseload Trend administer oaths and take acknowledgments and I . , ,-' • ,.).;>" I ''"'''~",,-~, 134POO affidavits in all cases in which the authority to ad­ '" .. ~ . ~'. 133POO minister such oath or take such affidavit is not confined 132POO 131POO to some other officer. (2) To appoint deputies, with full 130,000 power to transact all business of such clerks. (3) To I 29POO 128,000 receive the amount of any judgment entered in the 127POO courts before or after the issue of execution thereon. (4) 126,000 12SPOO To exercise such other powers as are, or may be, I 24POO r: conferred by law, including administrative rules of I 23POO ;..-' 122,000 ,.,. 1-- r .... procedure promulgated by order of the Supreme Court of 121POO 1-"- 120,000 r" Alabama. ,,' .....:;;,_.oila--i--- " 119POO " 1-"- ~ !.'~ ~- .. The duties of the clerks, generally, are as follows: 118>000 - i--- ~.~ .. 117POO IfI 1-:- (1) To sign and issue all summons, subpoenas, writs, 116,000 , 1-- IISPOO , I-!- executions and other processes, under the authority of iT K~·<·, 114,000 1-:- the court; 113POO I' I i--i- (2) To keep a consolidated docket sheet of civil and 112,000 i--~ W. IIIPOO 8 i--i- criminal cases, the names of the parties, the character of 110.000 I 1-- Circuit Judges Robert E. L. Key, Tack Wallace, John D. 109POO ~ I-!- action or offense, the names of the attorneys and the Snodgrass, Joe Colquitt 108,000 n 1-"- sheriff's return, which must be entered in all civil and 107POO I-i- Clerks and Registers - Sam Grice, Joyce Martin, Ron 106,000 ,'1 0 0 i--i- Harwell, Barbara Pippin, Jane Smith, and Morris Moatts criminal cases standing for trial, in the order in which governing bodies of the municipalities. Full-time judges IOSpOO i--i- they are brought, and the bench notes, orders, rulings on 104.000 /' i--i- are appointed for four-year termsj part-time judges are I03POO 1'/ I-i- motions and pleadings, other preliminary matters and appointed for two-year terms. Vacancies are filled by the 102,000 - I-f- final judgment which have been madein each case by the 10lPOO - -I- j appointing authority. 100,000 - -r judge, which shall be the official minutes; Clerks of the circuit court are elected county-wide 99POO - W ., -r 98POO -r I - ~.:::.' .,',:" (3) To keep all papers, books, dockets and records for six-year terms. Vacancies are filled by appointment 97POO 'I' -r - " belonging to their office with care and security, with the 96POO \~~~ ,,;r: -f- by the judge or judges of the circuit court who have - , , '0 9SpOO I papers filed, arranged, numbered and labeled, so as to be jurisdiction over the county in which the office of clerk ... A .. of easy reference, and the books, dockets and records of the circuit court is located. 1977 1978·79 1979·80 properly lettered; and to allow parties to inspect the ____Fillings .... _.. ____ ...... _...... Dispositions I records free of charge; 123,141 119,537 (4) To make out and deliver, on application and 1 ~ payment of the legal fees therefor, to any person applying District Court Caseload Trend " for the same, a correct transcript, properly certified, of 640POO any paper or record in their offices; and 630,000 620,000 (5) To exercise such duties as are, or may be, 610,000 conferred upon them by law, including administrative 600,000 I 590,000 rules promulgated by order of the Supreme Court of 580,000 570,000 I Alabama. 560,000 550,000 540,000 Clerks and Registers Conference 530,000 Qualifications, Terms and 520,000 ..- - 510,000 - 1 Election of Justices, Judges 500.000 ..,. ,~ -- II 490,000 ~ , - -- and Circuit Court Clerks 480,000 100"",' - I 470,000 .,-~"".. - 460,000 -- All justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the 450,000 -- 440.000 -..----- z'; District Judges Newman Sankey, John Karrh, William -""..""" - appellate courts, circuit courts, district courts and 430POO - r-...... -- Fowler, Jerry Fielding 420,000' - - municipal courts must be licensed to practice law in 410,000 - - Alabama. Other qualifications may be prescribed by the 400,000 - - 390,000 - - legislature. Judges of the probate court have such quali­ 380,000 - - fications as may be provided by law. Trial Court Caseload 370,000 - '-- 360,000 - - Justices of the Supreme Court, and judges of the 350,000 - r-- appellate courts, are elected statewide for six-year terms. Since 1977, the caseload of the circuit and district 340,000 - - 330,000 - r---- Judges of the circuit courts, district courts and probate courts has increased by 37 percent; but in spite of this 320,0()J - r---- courts are elected by voters of their jurisdictions for increased workload, state judges have steadily increased 31OPOO - r-"- 300,000 - r-- six-year terms, Vacancies in these offices are filled by the number of cases disposed. 290,000 - i--f- 280,000 - fi I-f- appointment of the governor. The 10th Circuit (Jefferson Caseload statistics compiled through the caseload 270,000 - " I-f- 260,000 - I-f- County), the 23rd Circuit (Madison County) and the reporting system of the Administrative Office of Courts 250,000 13th Circuit (Mobile County) have judicial nominating show that during the period of Oct. I, 1979 through Sept. A .A commissions which make recommendations to the 1978·79 1979·80 , ~::.~.-,~~----"--,,---"'- ,_.-- .-~ 30,1980, there were 651,444 cases filed in the circuit and governor for the filling of judicial vacancies in the district courts, up from 557,314 filed during fiscal year ____ Fillings Clerk Sara Blackwell, Register Margie McLeod circuit and district courts of those circuits. 1978-79. The number of dispositions also increased from •••••••••••••••••••• Dispositions Judges of the municipal courts are appointed by the 555,673 in FY 1978-79 to 624,717 during FY 1979-80 . 528,303 505,180

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1979-80 Judicial Administration CAsELOAD STATEWIDE TOtALS -;:; «;i/ct. 1,19.79 - Sel't. 30, 1980 Judicial administration was initiated in Alabama in 1971 when the legislature created the Department of Court Management. CIRCUIT COURT This department was created to assist the chief justice, as chief administrative officer of the state's court Criminal " , system, with his task of ensuring that the business of the Filings ...... ~'. :. •• ., ...... -. • III • t ...... '26,896 courts of the state is carried out with prcper dispatch and II Dispositions .;." ... ~ ..... , .' ...... ! ...... " .. ti.," ..... , ~ ..... 2.4 552. / that the dockets of such courts do not become congested ALLEN L. TAPLEY IT\, to the point that justice is unreasonably delayed. Civil Administrative Director of \\ ' Filings ~ ...... :- ...... " .. It. • ,•• !' .. t· ...... -,. • : 29~287 Courts '-, In 1973, Constitutional Amendment 328 (the new Dispositions ...... 4,' ...... 27,236 Judicial Article) more clearly defined the adminstrative " role of the chief justice in Section 6.10 which provides as AdminiBtrative Office staff Rol>ert Taylor, Bill Domesticll.elations Campbell, Hunter Slaton and Camille Ashley go over follows: F~ings. : ...... ~.' ...... 1; ...... 47,176 \ 0 plans DISpOSItions •••••••~ •• ~ ,no •..• , .J ••• ••••••• , .. 047,22311. "The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be the o If -0 ,I' administrative head of the judicial system. He shall appoint an Juvenile administrative director of courts and other needed personnel to -V "'1 Filings ...... It...... ,. • .-': .. Il III .... 'II .t". III ...... '!t • ... 19~782 assist him with his administrative tasks." IF-l Dispositions •••••••••• ,' •••••••••••••••••••• 20,SZ6 At the local level, the presiding circui t judge has the l' . I, authority to exercise general supervision of the judges, ==-..1 Total court reporters, bailiffs, and other court employees of the . '(Ef'! Filings • ~ .. 41 ..., ...... III ',. •• , ,. .. ,. )t ..... 10 •• '. -« •., ...... 123,141 circuit and district courts within his circuit and to see ~DispositiQns • ~ ••• " ••••••••••••••••••••••• 119,537, that they attend to the prompt, diligent discharge of their duties. The clerk of the circuit court exercises this ROBERT H. TILLMAN ROBERT A.MARTIN authority over employees in the clerk's office. DISTRICT COURT Director o~ AOC Operations Director of Administrative To assist the presiding circuit judge in the area of Services administration, court administrators are provided in six State Triliic ., " circuits. Filings •••••••••••••••• ~ ••• " •••••••••••••• 241,136 "Dispositions ...... '...... ;', •••••••••• 224,72Q

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Filings ..... __ .... "1 ...... , ...... ,"' "' • /I ~ ~ •• '" ... " .. _ " ... ~ 531723' The following duties and authority for the ad­ Dispositions •••••• n, •••••••• '<" ...... 54,545 WILLIAM A. CAMPBELL FRANK W. GREGORY ministrative director of courts, subject to the direction o Director of Planning and Director of State Court of the chief justice, were established by statute: Juvenile (iJ • Research Operations ( 1) To require the filing of reports, the collection Filings ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~ •• 24,290 ' ~~--~-----~--~ and compilation of statistical data and other information DispositiQD ••.••••••• c' •••••••••••' ••••••••• '•• 21,933 on the judicial and financial operation of the courts and o on the operation of other offices directly related to and Municipal Traffic . serving the courts;

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Disp,ositioD$ .. " ..... ,,' ...... III ...... " ,...... t., -.. .. " I, .... '- ..... 81439 evaluate the practices ana procedures of the courts and make recommendations concerning the number of judges Municipal Criminal and other personnel required for the efficient ad- ministration of justice; . Fi]ings ...... -'._ .... '...... i ...... ? " to .. ,. • A .. " , •• ,. ,,3l 476 1/~1- , Pispositi8ns •••••••••••••••••••••••• , •••••• ~ 3,224 I-l.~, ( 3) To prescribe uniform administrative and busi­ ness methods, systems, forms and records to be used in Total the offices of the clerks and registers of courts; Filings ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 528,303 ' ( 4) To prepare and submit budget recommenda­ Pispositions •• ' •• '•••••• , •••• , ...... ~ .. 50S,} ~O tions for state appropriations necessary for the main­ tenance and operation of the unified judicial system, Judges meet in Birmingham LANE MANN ANGELO V. TRIMBLE with the exception of appellate courts and to authorize Legal Counsel Director' of Municipal expendi~ures from fun~s appropriated for these purposes Court Operations as permItted or authOrIzed by law;

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( 5) To investigate, make recommendations con­ Functions of Administrative Office Court Im.provem~nt Projects, The Alabama Supreme Court in 1980, adopted by cerning and assist in the securing of adequate physical rule a Records Retention Schedule and its implefuen­ accommodations for the unified judical system; tation is now under way. In order to expedite this project, ( 6) To procure, distribute exchange, transfer and Under the 'direction of Administrative Director The Administrative Office of Courts has pla~ed an a microfilm program has been undertaken in the state's assign such equipment} books, forms and supplies as are Tapley, the Administrative Office of Courts"is now emphasis on the establishment of sound management largest county, Jefferson, and for smaller counties at the acquired with state funds or grant funds or otherwise for performing its court administrative function for the and court improvement practices in the judicial system Department of Archives and History in Montgomery. the unified judicial system; state's judicial branch of government. The office is of ~he state. Some .of the Jn~jor programs underway responsible for the administrative service and support dunng the 1979-80 fIscal ye~r mcluded:" (2) Court Delay ReductionPro~ram'In Tune, ( 7) To make recommend

,udicial Administration Annual Report of the Alabama Judicial System \' 15 l'.\ q court jury systems through the ~pplication of specific (6) Automated Fin~'ncial Systems. In recent

proven techniques of juror utilization and management. '0 years, the Fiscal Division h\\,s developed th~ following Set up in three phases, the project began with the . automated systems: a gener~Yledger accountmg system, implementation of an information reporting system and a budget variance system, an automated bank recon­ an assessment of current jury practices in each pilot ciliation system and an inventory system. During the court. Phase II of the project involved the development past year, the following three new systems were by the staff and local court officials of a jury management developed: plan for each court. Phase III consists of the implemen­ tation of the proposed plan and an evaluation of the (1) Inventory Notification: results. The specific ~hart of account codes for equip- The reporting system provided a uniform method of . ment are flagged in the General Ledger System. By evaluating jury utilization involving over 20 activities flagging these codes, all equipment is identified and that affect juror usage and satisfaction. a report is provided automatically from the system The data obtained from the information reporting system and the local assessment of each c.ourt were used to theinventorymanagers. This system ensures that together in the formulation of the model plans. all equipment is identified and inventoried. The continued funding through 1981 will allow (2) WitneSS/Jury Bank Reconciliation System: finalizing implementation of the model plans, bringing The payment of witnesses and jurors across the ~:additional ~ounties into the program and developing a state is quite a task for the clerks. Approximately , $Icatewide te.chnical assistance program. 56,000 certificates were issued during fiscal year "0 " The Administrative Office of Courts, under the 1979. In order to reduce the work involved in " JUMI grants, began development of jury orientation Morning Show host Tom York, left, interviews Chief reconciling this account, it became necessary to slide presentations during the year. A total of 12 circuit Justice Torbert, District Judge Jack MontgomerY automate the reconciliation of this account. The slide programs were completed and 13 additional pre­ automation of the reconciliation of this account has se~tations llre currently being developed. saved time and improved the validity of financial I' ' As a pait of the TUMI Program, the Administrative Office of Courts began mailing computerized juror records within the Administrative Office of Courts. \\ (3) Invoice/V oucher File: \\ qualification questionnaires for the biennial refilling of II master jury boxes in 37 of the state's 67 counties. The The computer system used by the Administra­ computerized questionnaires, returnable to local jury tive Office of Courts has an inquiry capabHity. The commissions, should save the court system, over feature allows clerks to code into the computer $300,000 every two years. Additionally, a master jury specific data in order to retrieve information. The box list and jury cards are supplied to each jury invoice/voucher number file has been recently added commission, and to assist sheriffs in the summoning to this inquiry status of invoic;es without sifting I process, an aditional set of mailing labels is provided. through stacks of inyo~~es. The addition of this file (5) Staffing Studies. Two major classification has saved time by providing information on out­ ! ~ standing invoices. and pay studies were conducted in 1979-80 with the Chief Justice Torbert talks to youngsters support of the Center for Government and Public Affairs (7) Public Information/Education Pro­ ofAll/burn University at Montgomery. The first involved lega,ljsecf(!tary classifications and the second was a study gram. In 1972, Alabama became one of the tirst states to of die bailiff classifications. " establish a courts public information program at the In January, 1980, the Personnel Division began state level. This initial program was instrumental in systematic visits to the 92' offices of tht'; clerks and informing the public of the need for modernizing the registers around the state conducting manpower studies Justice James Faulkner discusses courts with teachers state's judicial system and it served as a continuing of the individual offices. While the initial goal was to information tool during the movement in the 1970s to complete these visits in a three-year time period, over 30 gain public support for reform in the state's courts. , , of these visits were cOpIpleted during the first six 'During 1980, the Administrative Office of Courts, 1 months. \', in cooperation with ju,~gesl clerks of courtand educators, The method used in these visits is: began adding a school educational component to this 1l Prepare an organizational chart otSthe office. program. It started With the Hlitiation of school forums 2) Compute the manpower requirements needed to ~ on the courts at the 19cal school system level. These ,j han1 Ie the case filings for thee previous year using the formula develofed by the Center of Government and forums, conducted by the chief justice, the administra­ Public Affairs 6 AUburn University at Montgomery. tive director of courts and local court officials, were tl (3) Determine the employee time spent in those supplemented by the teaching of a mini-course on the , areas not covered by the AUM formula such as book­ law and courts': Nine judicial circuits were initially targeted for inclusion in the program of forums. d lit' keeping, warrants issuance, collection of child support " payments and time spent in the courtroom by employees , As interest developed in these programs, the Ad­ \1 1 of the clerks' and/or registers' offices., ,,0 ministrative Ofiice of Courts gained the support of the :1 The resulting report is sent to the clerk and/or State Department of Education and the Alabama Educa­ register, and kept on record in the Personnel Division. In tion Association to begin development of a comprehen­ t l addition to providing a documentation of needed staffing sive project to supplement the existing curriculum in all levels for the individual office concerned, the Personnel elementary and secondary grades to provide for the II ' Division through this process is determining and re­ teaching of court and law-related topics. Some 150 social Allen Tapley, Judge Carlton Mayhall, Robert Martin at Hamilton High School fining p~;mning factors to be used in development of a , studies teachers and curriculum specialists are currently f.},; , I computerized system for reporting staffing needs of the State Sen. Cordy Taylor introduces court forum at participating in the develoment of a supplemental , " .; I Pra'ltville '); 1 individual offices. r~ : ....

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, '. II "'1'1 ,1 16 Annual Report of the Alabama TudiciaI System ludicial Education ,) 17 n;1 I:i \ n: J\ curriculum for grades K-12 with emphasis to be placed Supreme Court standing committees and assists in and employees along with outstanding attorneys. The I! j formulating recommendations to the Supreme Court on on grades 4, 8 and 12.. It is anticipated that th& project .r ' executive board of the association meets annually to will be initiated during the 1981-82 school y~ari matters affecting the operation of the state's judicial induct the newly elected honorary members. )W. , \:, system. AttenQ,ance of judicial and court support personnel In conjunction with the public informaticm and at out-of-state judicial education and training programs education program, the Administrative Office of Courts again exceeded the previous year's attendence. This was has developed a multi-media package of materials' to be partially accomplished through a 50 percent tuition used as court educational tools for both adultS and waiver provided by the National Judicial College. Two young people. hundred sixty-two judges, clerks and registers, court This package includes: Judicial Education reporters, other court officials and court sURport per­ (1) A brochure on Alabama's courts. sonnel attended nationally recognized judicial education (2) A slide and filmstrip presentation on the stllte Judicial College Faculty Assoication Board. Jim Berry, institutions, conferences, seminars, workshops and judicial process.' Fol1\Jiwing a legislative mandate to provide the Allen Ta'pley, District Judge John Karrh, Court Reporter meetings providing ,orientation, intermediate and ad­ I (3) A 3D-minute film and video-cassette presentation continuing legal and judicial education of justices, Paul SmIth, all standing. Circuit Judge Arthur Gamble, vanced subject matter. These pe{sonnel attended pro­ : Thelma Braswell. Not pictured: Chief Justice Torbert I ' on jury service. judges, clerks and registers and other court personnel, and Circuit Clerk Bill Kynard grams offered by such national judicial education and (4) A video-cassette presentation on the state the Alabama Judicial College was founded by order of the training institutions and organii!:ations as: the National Supreme Court. Supreme Court on Sept. 13, 1978. its provisions and ramifications. Judges studied indict­ Judicial College; the American Academy of Judicial (5) A juror~orientation slide presentation, individu­ The college is operated as a division of the ments and sentencing under the new Code. Clerks and Education; the Institute for Court Management; the alized for 25 of the state's 39 judicial circuits. Administrative Office of ~9urts in conjunctiop with the their empJoyees studied warrants and other areas that National Center for State Courts; the National College of (6) Public service announcements on jury service University of Alabama and its School of La-& with the impacted'on their office procedures. The Judicial College Juvenile and Family (omt Judges and American Bar and the small claims courts; developed for 25 television support of the at Samford cooperated with the Office of Prosecution Services to Association-sponsored programs and seminars at various stations which serve Alabama. University, the Alabama State Bar's Continuing Legal hold seminars for the district attorneys at Farrah Hallon locations and university schools of law. Out-of-state 1 (7) Radio public service announcements "on the Education Program and the Alabama Law Institute. The the new Code. Municipal magistrates participated in judicial education and training programs are utilized as j importance of jury service al}d on Law Day activities. administrative staff of the college is housed at Farrah Regional Criminal Code Seminars. supplements to those offered by the Alabama Judicial ! (8) A comprehensi ve guide to court procedures to be Hall on The University of Alabama campus in Court Reporters were provided Manuals that were College. Many of the court personnel completing out-of­ I provided as an informational tool for teachers. Tuscaloosa. developed ullder the auspices of the Administrative state programs are utilized as resource personnel for The development of this public information/educa­ Prior to the college's inception, judicial education Office of Gd6rts and an educational conference was Alabama's Judicial College educational programs. tion program is consistent with the American Bar was carried out on a piecemeal basis by various associa­ devoted to learning to use the new Manual. The Judicial College continued to coordinate a 1 Association's standards of judicial administration and tions with little effort directed to judicial personnel Management techniques were emphasized with portion of the orientation for new employees of the :1 standards promulgated by the National Advisory Com­ other than judges. several grQ,y.ps. Presiding judges studied their role as Administrative Office of Courts by providing on-site mission on Criminal Justice. The college operates under the supervision of the chief administrator in the circuit. Juvenile court judges ~ourt visitation at the Montgomery County Courthouse. Each month, the Administrative Office of Courts chief justice through the administrative director of and chief pro.bation officers examined ways to improve This visitation was coordinated with officials of the 15th J publishes a newsletter, Court News. Approximately courts. Thelma Braswell is director of the college. the efficiency of their operations. Clerks and registers Judicial Circuit and included observation of jury ~f 3,800 copies of the newsletter are distributed both dis(';u8sed ways to be better managers of their offices and selection, judges' opening remarks, circuit and district internally and externally to judicial officials, personnel the courts. 0 courts in progress and charges to the jury. Adminis­ and interested parties across the state and Nation. Verbal communication skills were presented in the tmtive Office of Courts' personnel were briefed by the Spring Judicial Seminars for judges. Another workshop circuit clerk and register, the district court clerk, staff j was devoted to sentencing -- its philosophy, consistency from the district attorney's office and the Montgomery The Legal Division of the Administrative Office of and practice. Judicial secretaries studied communica­ County Sheriff's office. This training has given these new .- Courts provides research assistance to the chief justice tion, case management and participated in mini-semi­ employees a greater awareness and appreciation of their and the administrative director of courts as an aid in the nars on topics of interest such as the Criminal Cude, roles in providing administrative support to Alabama's formulation of policy affecting the operation and ad­ legal}esearch and juvenile cases. judicial system. 'j ministration of the unified judicial system. Aside from Orientations were held for new trial court judges this primary responsibility, the legal staff responds to and new employees in the clerks and registers offices. questions of a legal nature posed by all components of The Fall Judicial Seminars dealt with juror management the judicial system. and were developed by the Trial Court Operations Judicial Study The legal staff publishes Bench Nates and the ilLegal Division of the Administrative Office of Courts. Con­ Notes" portion ofCaurt News, which are two monthly currently, district judges studied the new Rules of the Commission publications developed to keep court officials and Road Act. employees informed of the latest court decisions, rule ,One of the major emphases of the Judicial College is fi changes and attorney general opinions which impact on Thelma Braswell, director of The Alabama Judicial in the area of long-range planning. Working with The , in 1971, created a study the operation and administration of justice within the College, Jim Berry, assistant director committees of circuit judges, district judges and clerks commission on theAlabama judicial system mandating II state. and registers appointed by Chief Justice Torbert, the that the commission should continuously study the ;J" G college began developing substantial orientation pro­ , Bench Notes contains an indexed ~ummary of the judicial system of the state, the administration of justice, 'i recent state decisions of major im­ Several Educa,tional Advisory Committees work on a grams for new judges and clerks. It is anticipated that a criminal rehabilitation, criminal punishment methods portance. continuing basis to help develop the college's long-range curriculum will be initiated in the Spring and and all matters relatil1g to the administration of justice I Members of the legal staff are called upon to assist curriculum. Fall Judicial Seminars of 1981 for the judges and in and make recom'h1endations to the governor, the state J in the legislative process concerning the state court The college conducted a full slate of programs for all management seminars for clerks and registers in the Supreme Court, the two appellate courts and the ,! system. Each year, court improvement legislation is groups within the judicial system during FY 1979-80. next fiscal year. legislature. , , presented to the Judicial Study Commission ror its This included 18 conferences with a total attendance of The Alabama Judicial College Faculty Association The study commission is composed of representa­ comments, suggestions and support. 1,832. 'the faculty for the college numbered 100. was fonned to honor those who have served as faculty for tives of all three branches of government and is made up The legal staff of the Administrative Office of Since the new Criminal Code became effective in the variouss~minars. These faculty members are as follows: the lieutenant governor, speaker of the House Courts also provides support to several Alabama January, 1980, many sessions were devoted to studying o recruited from the ranks of the judiciary, court officials of Representatives, the legal advisor to the governor, a 18 Annual Report of the Alabama Judicial System Tudicial Discipline 19

i." member. of the attorney general's staff, six members of tapes are filed in the library and copies of the oral judicial system of the state. It may file a complaint with governing the procedures of the court. The court has the the Senate, six members of the House of Representatives arguments can be made by the library on cassette tapes the Court ofthe Judiciary charging a judge with violation power to issue subpoenas. and the judicial conference. The judicial conference at a nominal cost ($2 per cassette tape at the present of any canon of judicial ethics, misconduct in office, From its inceptiOl1 in FehlUitry 1972 through c'onsists of representatives of all judicial levels and the time). failure to perform his duties, or charge that the judge is September 1980, the Court of the Judiciary has decided state bar. The librarian of the Supreme Court is the Librarian physically or mentally unable to perform his duties. 11 cases. The disciplinary action has' included one I I , Since its inception, the study commission has been of the Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Once filed by the commission, a complaint becomes a removal from office, three resignations, one six-month engaged in five predominant areas designated for study Appeals, and is the state law librarian. As the state law matter of public record. The commission has subpoena suspension without pay and five censures. During the by the chief justice. These areas include: Judicial Case-I librarian, he has the duty and responsibility to work with power and authority to appoint and direct its staff. The period from Oct. I, 1979 through Sept. 30,1980, the court , \ load Distribution, Indigent Defense, Compensation of the county law libraries. The 1979 session of the state Supreme Court adopts rules governing the pro­ decided tw,;p cases. One case resulted in a six-month Judicial Officers, Juvenile Justice and Court Improve­ legislature passed general legislation IAct 79-751) per­ cedures of the commission. suspe'm:iotlwithout pay; the other resulted in a censure. ment Legislation. mitting the establishment of a county law library in each The commission is composed of one appellate judge, Current members of the court are: Appellate Judge L. ~ The 1980 legislature passed several bills recom­ courthouse of each county of the state by the respective I appointed by the Supreme Court; two circuit judges, Charles Wright of the Court of Civil Appeals, chief judge; mended by the Judicial Study Commission. These bills county governing bodies. This act was originally pro­ appointed by the Association of Circuit Judges; two Circuit Judges Joseph M. Hocklander of Mobile and J. concerned: allowing service of witness. summons and posed by a Supreme Court Advisory Committee on members of the state bar, appointed by the Board of Bar Edwe~d 'fease of Florence; Attorneys James Carter of subpoenas by mail in certain caseSj docket fees for traffic County Law Libraries and is an effort by the Supreme Commissioners; and two persons who are not l~lwyers, Montgomery apd Harry Riddick of Mobile. Members of infractionsj fees on judicial sales being payable to the Court to provide adequate law books for the bench and appointed by the governor. The term of commission the Court of the Judiciary serve for terms discretionary state; court records disposal procedures by Supreme bar of the state and to give citizens of the state access to members is four years. to the appointing body. Court rule; Rules of the Road Act provisions regarding law libraries. This act provides for better financing of the Members of the commission during Fiscal Year 1980 judicial discretion concerning license revocation for county law libraries and puts them in a network of law were: Court of Civil Appeals Judge Robert Bradley, first DUI offenses. libraries with the State Law Library, the University of chairman; I. Judd Scott Jr., Opelika, first vice chairman; Chief Justice C. C. Torbert Jr. is chairman of the Alabama Law Library and the non-state-supported law Circuit Judge Kenneth Ingram, Ashland, Gecond vice Judicial Appropriations commil1sion; state Rep. Richard Manley of Demopolis, libraries in the state on a voluntary basis. chairman; Circuit Judge Thomas Younger, Huntsville;:) who is speaker pro tern of the House of Representatives, Attorney William Hairston Jr., Birmingham; AUorney and Revenues Paul Brock, Mobile; and Basil Thompson, Andalusia. is vice-chairman. Jack C. Dixon is director. The work of l1 ,\ the commission's staff is coordinated through'the From the inception of the state's judicial disci­ 1 Administrative Office of Courts. plinary process in February of 1972 through Sept. 3D, The Administrative Office of Courts has established j 1980, a total of 475 complaints have been received and a sound and accurate accounting system for expendi­ 170 investigations conducted. Of the remainder of tures at the trial court level throughout the state court complaints filed with the commission, 46 were found to system. A detailed expense accounting system monitors Supreme Court and State have insufficient ev:idence, 211 were outside the juris­ I" expenditures of the 330 cost centers within the system diction of the com~~sion, 24 were found to h~lve no WILLIAM C. YOUNGER and provides methods to control expenditures and I o Law Library Appellate Court Marshal., grounds, seven were_~~celled, 13 were resolved by the properly budget for the system. II and Librarian commission meeting fith the subject of the complaint. The cost of providing citizens ,of Alabama judicial l Eleven have been ",,;;61ved in court action. services in the appellate and trial courts approximates c The oldest law library in the state, the Supreme During th Period from Oct. I, 1979 through Sept. only two percent of the total state budget. During fiscal Court and State Law Library, was established in 1828 and 3D, 1980, t~mmission heard 70 complaints which year 1980, judicial appropriations were $30,442,834'£or :1", ' " is part of and operated by the Supreme Court. Its holdings resulted in 14 investigations. Ten of the complaints were trial court services and $2,859,530 for appellate court consist of over 139,808 volumes plus materials on Judicial Discipline found to have insufficient evidence, 36 were outside the services. microfilms and tapes. Many of the volumes are old and commission's jurisdiction, eight were found to be with­ Revenues collected through the trial courts during rare books and some date back to the 16th century. out grounds and three were resolved by the commission fiscal year 1980 totaled $22,160/704. These revenues The library is located on the firs~floor of the Judicial meeting with the subject of the complaint. Two charges A two-tier approach to judicial disCipline and re­ were collected in the form of court costs and fines and '; Building and a working library is' maintained in the were brought before the Court of the Judiciary. , moval was established when the Judicial Article was forfeiJures brought about through prosecution by dis­ ~..,.. offices of each judge and justice of the appellate courts as ratified on Dec. 18,1973. The new article provided for a trict attorneys and the levy of fines and penalites by the well as a library located at the Court of Civil Appeals on Judicial Inquiry Commission to investigate complaints Court of the Judiciary courts. the Southern Boulevard in Montgomery. brought against judges and a Court of the Judiciary to The state law library is not a lending library, but hear any charges brought by the Inquiry Commission. The Court of the Judiciary is the body which hears ., books do circulate within the Judicial Building and The new article also provided for appeal of Court of the complaints filed by the Judicial Inquiry Commission. ~-----l sometimes outside the building for specified purposes. It ,.,.--:1 Judiciary rulings to the state Supreme Court. . Consisting of one appellate judge who is selected by the I serves the appellate courts, the statewide iidicial This two-tier system replaced a single-tier approach Su preme Court and serves as chief judge of the court, two system, state gove,rnment, attorneys, federal cour"s and established just two years earlier in January of 1972 circuit judges appointed by the Association of Circuit agencies, educational institutions and the public. The Judges, and two members of the state bar appointed by library is not staffed to do research, but does give when Constitutional Amendment 317 which established a Judicial Commission was ratified. the Board of Bar Commissioners, it has the authority, guidance to its patrons in helping them locate materials after notice and public hearing, (1) to reihovefromoffice, on specific subjects and furnishes, through its mail order , suspend without payor censure a judge; or apply such service, most materials for which a citation is given. The Judicial In,quiry other sanction as may be prescribed by law, for violation charges to attorneys and the public is lOll: per page for Commission of a canon of judicial ethics, misconduct in office, failure self service and 25Q! per page for copies made by library to perform his duties, or (2) suspend with or without pay, personnel. There is no charge to justices and judges of or to retire a judge who is physically or mentally unable the appel~t:e courts or judges of the judicial system. The JudicialInquiry Commission is the body which , to perform his <;luties. Decisions made by the Court of the f Requests by judges are made through their respective hears and investigates complaints brought against judges Judiciary may be appealed to the state Supreme Court county law libraries. of the state. Meeting monthly, it has the permanent which reviews the record of the proceedings on the law Circuit Judge Randall Cole discusses judicial system The Supreme Court has recorded its oral arguments authority to conduct investigations, receive or initiate' and the facts. The Supreme Court also adopts rules on 7/1 reel-to-reel tapes since October of 1973. These complaints concerning any judge of a court of the ____ -~ ______...-. ------~:~JjIJr:~c_ ..:._~_r_-.-· .. ______. ..:... ·0',,;,

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~ , , f). ! 0'• \\ 1i .,.,1 ;\ 'i Tria1 Court ~ I docket fees for civil cases in the district court, except ir::: ~ l, .' Revenue Distribution , .f • 1 . that the portion of the docket fee allocated to the state p ". at " (FY 1980)' "1I Le~ls atlon generalfund shall be$13 rath,~rthan $18/ and $5 shall be !k~J" ,~: Appell·.-JI·te a'nd Tr1· al ($22,160,70~)' '1 ') allocated to the colulnty gdeneral fund. Th~s AC~lfurt~rr ';0 :~\ '! . A- ~ provides that unco ecte court costs in Juvem e cases c, . ---::.. Court Anpropriations ~,i 1 may not be assessed as charges against the county. j t i'", , 'Jt' j . The 1980 legislative session was a good session in Act 80-635 (H. 242) Fee to be collected from the ., "::,'1 . ,I, I most respects for the srate judicial system. proceeds of all iudicial sales. (Effective May 29, 1980) :J, , Legislation was enacted and signed by the governor Act 80-635 provides a fee to be collected for all judicial i State General Fund , 9 I FY 1978 FY 1979 FY: 1980 FY 1981 . $14,962,886 l' to provide cost-of-living pay raises for judicial system sales, patterned after the commi'lisions Qn sales as (Actual) (Actual) (Actual) (Actual) 67.52% l employees, clerks and registers and circuit judges. provided in ritle II, Sectiop.. 27 of the 1940 Code. I Trial Courts . Additionally, legislation was passed giving clerks and FoIfowing is a list of fees which shall be collected fr9m 1 State $23,476,598 $26,692,890 $30,442,834 $30,442,834 ~) , registers a .pay increase in lieu of the across-the-board the proceeds of all judicial sales and paid into the state Federal 1,302,772 769,243 481,299 .479,254 ' I . raise they missed in 1978 . ..t\,ppellate and district judges general fund: co I Appellate \ .!--': \ Courts ;,:. received. salary increases by virtue of the report of the (a) For the first $300, two percent; County General Funds , ~ Judicial Compensation Commission becoming law. (b) from all over $300 dollars and not exceeding I Supreme 1,255,045 1,518,130 1,759,932 1,848,949 $2,871,985 Court 12.96% o' t Significant legislation in the areas of records re- $2,000 one and one-half percent; Ct. of ¥, " tention, fees for judicial sales, use of first-class mail in (c) from all over $2,000 and not exceeding $20,000, Criminal ~ summoningjuroI"s ami misdemeanor witnesses/ abolish- one percent; and Appeals 545,276 586,171 637,084 683,989 o '~ ing the distinction between moving and non-moving (d) for all over $20,000, one-fourth of one percent. Ct. of CilJiI v I.. 'traffic violations and the "Rules of the Road" bill were Act 80-636 (H. 243) Records retention schedule. Appeal~ 345,681 363,825 462,514 }58,497 ~ passed and signed into law~ (Effective upon becoming law.) t The judicial system's legislative efforts are coordi- Act 80-636 provides that the records of the courts of the ~ ( nated by Robert Martin, director of Administrative unified judicial system may be disposed oHn the manner .~ Services/and Pat Harris, administrative assi~tant to the and in" accordance with such procedures as may be PlkbhcLaw• LIbrary• Fun.d s ---1~ ~1t. \.-- Driver'$222,940 Education 1.01% $623,501 2.111% I' F' T • 1 T C) f chief justice, with staff assistance from the Legal prescribed by rule of the Supreme Court after con- '" air rIa axes I Pohce OffIcers' AnnuIty Fund . $1,061,910 4.78% I Division of the Administrative Office of Courts and the sultation with the State Records Commission. $550,939 2.49% . Miscellaneous J Judicial Study Commission. Act 80-433 (S.2) Alabama Rules of the Road: Act. , .' $318,155 1.44% , '\ Department of Conservation t Each week during the legislative session, the (Effective August 17, 1980) Trial Court " $396,499 1.79'*' .~ Administrative Office of Courts prepares a Legislative This Act updates the Rules of the Road to conform to 1 Expenditures t Digest for distribution to justices/ judges, clerks and federal standards. The most significant changes to the )rr ($28A19,688) , 1 register~~ This Digest provides a synopsis Of newly- present law deal with driving under the influence of (FY 1980) I t.' proposed legislation and an update of all legislation alcohol or controlled substances on first offenses. The FY 1980 pertaining to the judiciary and related areas. new law permits judges wide discretion on first offenses/ Alabama State Budget i A synoposis of statewide court-related legislation such as whether the person so convicted is permitted to ~I ($1,532,113,208) . ~ f.. passAed' tan8dO_6Si4g0ne(Hd .in4t5071)asYferinVl·cl e9800ff/?ullryowssu'mmons and retain his license or not. In other words, the licfense of a, ; c defendant is not automatically revoked on irst con- I ~ witness subpoenas by first class mail. (Effective May victionas it was previously. However, the judge may, at l , 29, 1980) his discretion, prohibit the defendant from driving a Personnel f This Ad provides that the juror summons shall be motor vehicle"on the highways aftlAlabama for up to six $22,171,850 C? l executed by the sherriff, at his tf~ction, by either (1) months. First offender~ shall also be required to attend (~8.0~%) 1. personal notice or by leaving a &-itten notice at the an Adminstrative Office of Courts approved DOl Court • Q ,Non Judici,lli Expenditu~es $1,500,833,990 ~ residence of the person summoned; or (2) by placing a Referral Program. The law further stipulates that f written notice of the summons in the U.S. Mail, first "neither reckless driving nor any ,Rther traffic infraction" f class, postage prepaid, and addressed to the person to be is a lesser offense under a charge 'Of driving while under J .summoned not less than 15 days before the day ap" the influence of alcohol or controlled substances." , pointed for service. This Act also provides that witness Act 80-747 (S. 73) Discharge olEmployee for Jury • 0 subpoenas shall, at the election of the sheriff, be served Service . (1) personally or by leaving a copyofthe subpoena at the This Act prohibits any employer from discharging an o place of residence of the witness; or (2) in misdemeanor employ;e solelr"'D~Ea..!lse of service on ~ny st~te or Servic,es cases, if the subpoena is requested more than 10 days fed,eral Jury. The ~~glves the emplo!ee a ~lVll claIm for" $2,314,622 8.14% J' before the date the witness is required to appear, by relIef for,unlawfl.ll dIscharge and entItles hIm to recover placing a copy in the U.S. Mail, first class, postage both actllal and punitive damages., prepaid unless the person requesting the subpoena Act 80-93 (H. 154) Child Custody Proceedings. directs that it be personally served. This Act adopts the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction I .. Supplies $l,367,~,43 ..t. 14.81%) Act. 80-634 (H.173) Abolishes the distif!..ction Act and provides for the jurisdiction of the domestic or Grants &. Fed. Matcb----.J Equipment $1,050,772 b"etween moving and non-moving traffic vioJd.~iRns. family relations courts of this state over child custody $103,052 (.36%) /1.7%)_ Judicial (Effective June I, 1980) proceedings. The Act attempts to avoid dual custody Non Expendablc Disbursement $1,148,722 --,~'" t .Expenditures-..----, Act 80-634 provides for a docket fee of $22.50 for all decrees from different states and provides for the te- (.52%) DIL Utilities, Communications, Travel. ,;.< .. traffic infractions to be distributed as provided in cognition and modification of out-of-st~te child custody , , .01+ $31,279,218 2.04% o£ litate Expenditures .. \ ,Repair and Maintenance, FriDgc Benefits Section 12-19-179. The Act further provides that docket proceedings. . ~. 1 $1,263,627 fees for cases in the juvenile division of the district or Act 80-588 (S. 627)Restitution to Victims of Crimes. . 'T -(4.45%) ,! circuit court shall be ass~ssed at $25 to be distributed as This Act provides far restitution to victims of crimes by li <1''''1, , ... o • __~ ___~o_'" ___ ---'~'--'-'-~-''''--~-~-". O'f'" J

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offenders, imposes penalties for default on payment by offenders and provides for local restitution centers supervised by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. The Act provides that a restitution hearing will be held following conviction regarding compensation for pecuni­ ary damage to victims of crimes. All restitution pay­ ments will be paid to the circuit clerk as other fines and costs are paid. The report of the Judicial Compensation Commis­ :1 sion became law upon adjournment of the legislature on May 20, 1980. The report set the salary of appel},'qte and district judges as follows: chief justice of the S-dpreme I Coutt, $49,500j associate justices, $49,OOOj judges of the ! intermediate appellate courts, $48,OOOj -district judges, $29,500. Act 80-637 (H. 473) Clerks' and Registers' Pay Raise. Act 80-637 gives clerks and certain registers a $1,800 pay raise effective Oct. I, 19S0. This increase, along with the Circuit Judge Newton Powell at Morgan County teacher 1980 co'st-of-living raise, brought the state salaries of all forum Allen Tapley talks with officials and employees of the Jackson County Courthouse clerks to $25,119.70 on Oct. I, 19S0. Act 80-616 (H. 571) Cost-of-LiY/'11g. As set o. at in A..ct SO-616, the entirfisev~erffi\~nt cost-of livin~.raise provided in the 1979 ~bs.siph was al~l)ed to the base salary on-Sept. 30, 19S0. Add~lOnaliYl41ct 80-616 provided that all judicial employe~{(receix#}7.5 percent cost-of-living raise on Oct. 1, 19S0/I~icfc-!d¥ts calculated on the base which included thr1 197(~ raise of seven percent. However, this Act plac~& a linj?t of 2.5 percent on the amount an employee can i:'ec;.f.}i:~lC"'4n the form of a step rais.e ~urin~ the 1980-S1 £i~cal y~))y virtue .of the cost-of-hvmg raIse and step raIses. Judges who dId not receive a raise by separate legislation or through the report of the Judicial Compensation Commission be­ coming law, received this cost-of-living raise .

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i.' AlabaIDa Judicial Officials {/ ;i,1 ' t ~t, I ALABAMA SUPREME COURT S. A. Annistead, circuit clerk, Clarke A. Farrell McKelvey, district judge, ii ! ~~':~~c;!~~d~:'~!~~~f::.n~:~~~ Le~O;:~:'rd, circuit clerk, Washing· R.rv~~:2~~~!rtclerk,Bibb County , I J James Hardin Faulkner, associate ton County William A. Kynard, circuit clerk, ' i, justice Dallas County I, f Richard 1. Jones, associate justice SECOND JUDICIAL CmCUIT Mary B. Shipley, circuit clerk, Hale 'l Reneau Pearson Almon, associate (Butler, Crenshaw and County justice Lowndes Counties) Mary G. Auburtin, circuit clerk, Perry i I • Janie Ledlow Shores, associate justice County : I ,', Thomas Eri1C Embry, associate justice ArJ.tuhdugreE. Gamble Jr., presiding circuit Erskince Kennedy, circuit clerk WH- ej \

ston Beatty, associate cox ounty :,:.",::.'.1,;",', Circuit Clerks Billy Harbin, Sam Grice and wife, Polly ~t saJ.musutl~cleA Joseph M. Poole, III, district judge, :: . District Judges enggge in round-table discussion Conradi,Bobby Branum and wife during annual summer conference f Oscar W. Adams Jr., associate justice Butler County FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ! j 1 James Oscar Sentell, clerk, Supreme William R. King, district judge, Cren- (Chambers, Macon, Randolph ~ i '1 Court shaw County and Tallapoosa Counties 'j ,'.~., ALABAMA COURT OF A. Ted Bozeman, district judge, ~l: ; Lowndes County James A. Avary, presiding circuit ~,' CRIMINAL APPEALS B0 bb y T , Branum, CIrCUIt.. c Ier k , But Ier J'lldge .' 'I,,.' i John O. Harris, presidip,g judge County Willim 1. Byrd, circuit judge ' :

~ John Caius Tyson, III, J'udge I,'!', ' i Maxine D. Steindorff, register, Butler Howard F. Bryan, circuit judge 1 '" j i John Paul DeCarlo, J'udge 'I. , County Joel G. Holley, district judge, I 1 John Garber Brookout, judge Josephine J. Golden, circuit clerk, Chambers County 3 ' • f William M. Bowen Jr., J'udge ,1 ; Crenshaw County Aubrey Ford Jr., district judge, 1 Mollie Sue Jordon, clerk, Court of Bruce Davis, circuit clerk, Lowndes Macon County ~, ! Criminal Appeals C t Joe T. Burns, district J'udge, ' " lDAMA """, OURT OF CIVIL oun Y ,(1,1,,': ALAJOl OJ.., Margie P. McLeod, register, Lowndes Randolph County ~ APPEALS County John P. Oliver, district judge, < 1. Charles Wright/ presiding judge Tallapoosa County Robert P. Bradley, judge THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Stella A. Pierce, circuit clerk, Richard L. Holmes, judge (Barbour and Bullock Coun- Chambers County • I John H. Wilkerson Jr., clerk, Court of ties) Eddie Dean Mallard, circuit clerk, Civil Appeals Macon County Jack W. Wallace, presiding circuit J. Hardy Hendon, circuit clerk, judge Randolph County William H. Robertson} district judge, Ruth Johnson, circuit clerk, Circuit Judges attending judicial seminars Barbour County Tallapoosa County Circuit Judges Ben McLauchlin and Jack Wallace ~ Roster of' Judicial Dwight Hixon, district judge, Bullock tl" Officials by Circuit County SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 1 David S. Nix, circuit clerk, Barbour (Tuscaloosa County) Fiscal Year 1980 County .I ') Curtis Elzie, circuit clerk, Bullock Claude Harris Jr., presiding 1 FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT County circuit judge (Choctaw, Clarke and Wash­ Joseph A. Colquitt, circuit judge ington Counties) FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Jerome B. Baird, circuit judge Louis Lackey, circuit judge Hardie B. Kimbrough, presiding cir­ (Bibb, Dallas, Hale, Perry and Wilcox Counties) Fred W. Nicol, circuit judge cuit judge John M. Karrh, district judge, J. Richmond Pearson} circuit judge Edgar P. Russell Jr., presiding circuit Tuscaloosa County John Y. Christopher, district judge, judge Doris Turner, circuit clerk, Choctaw County J. c. Norton, circuit judge Tuscaloosa County Harold Odom, district judge, Wash­ James M. White, district judge, Bibb Elizabeth Hamner, clerk of the ington County County Tuscaloosa County District Court Harold Crow, district judge, Clarke B. M. Miller Childers, district judge, County Dallas County , Don Gibson} circuit clerk, Choctaw O. S. Burke, district judge, Hale SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT , County County (Calhoun and Cleburne Coun­ Supreme Court Justice Hugh Maddox with CircuitJudges James A. Christopher, register Choc­ Richard M. Avery Jr., district judge, ties) James Garrett and Daniel Rogers Circuit Judge J. C. Norton and District Judge James Sullivan taw County Perry County Robert M. Parker, presiding circuit -~------~-

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judge G. Ross Belli circuit judge TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT William R. Gordon, circuit judge NINETEENTH JUDICIAL John W. Green Jr., circuit judge John N. Bryan Jr., circuit judge (Coffee and Pike Counties) Newman C. Sankey, district judge Sam Monk, circuit judge CIRCUIT (AutaugaJ Chilton William D. Page, circuit judge Malcolm B. Street Jr., circuit judge C. W. Callaway, circuit judge Riley P. Green Jr., presiding circuit Montgomery County and Elmore Counties) S. A. Watson Jr., circuit judge James D. Sloan Jr., circuit judge Marvin Cherner, circuit judge judge Craig Miller, district judge, Montgo" Thomas N. Younger, circuit judge R. Allen Crow, district judge, Calhoun William H. Cole, circuit judge mery County Joe Macon, presiding circuit judge Terry L. Butts, circuit judge Walter C. Hayden Jr., circuit judge Dan W. McCoy, 9.istrict judge, and Cleburne Counties Charles R. Crowder, circuit judge Gary L. McAliley, district judge, Mark Kennedy, district judge, Mont­ Madison County Woodrow Albea, district judge, Cal- Wallace Gibson, circuit judge gomery County James E, Loftis, district judge, Autauga Coffee County County Hartwell LlJ.tz, district judge, Madison houn and Cleburne Counties Toe G. Barnard, circuit judge William G. Hightower, district judge, Polly Eubanks, circuit clerk, Montgo­ County' Nathaniel D. Owens, district judge, James O. Haley, circuit judge mery County Robert L, Bowers, district judge, Chil­ Pike County ton County Billy D. Harbin, circuit clerk, Madi­ Calhoun and Cleburne Counties Claude B. Hughes, circuit judge Jim Ellis, Circuit clerk, Coffee County Walter E. Graham, clerk of the Mont­ son County Richard Forrest Dobbins circuit Joseph J. Jasper, circuit judge gomery County District Court Edwin Sanford, district judge, Elmore l William C. Stone, circuit clerk, Pike County Dovie McCollum, register, Madison clerk, Calhoun County Josh Mullins, circuit judge County County Charles M. Nice, circuit judge Fred Posey, circuit °clerk, Autauga Barbara A. Pippin, Register Calhoun County County William A. Thompson, circuit judge THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL SIXl'EENTH JUDICIAL Morris Moatts, circuit clerk, Chilton" TWENTY-FOURTH TUDICIAL I Billy Hugh Lambert, circuit clerk, Wadel Zanaty Jr., circuit judge CIRCUIT (Mobile County) CIRCUIT (Etowah County) I County CIRCUIT (Fayette, Lamar and Cleburne County Arnold Drennen, district judge, Jeffer- Joseph M. Hocklander, presiding cir- James B. Waid, presiding circuit judge B. J. Moody, circuit clerk, Elmore Pickens Counties) Marie S. Tidwell, clerk of the Calhoun son County cuit judge Hobdy G. Rains, cirCUit judge County County District Court Robert W. Gwinl district judge, Jeffer­ Robert E. Hodnette Jr., circuit judge Cyril L. Smith, circuit judge Clatus K. Junkin, presiding circuit son County Elwood L. Hogan, circuit judge Julius S. Swann Jr., circuit judge judge Donald R. Cruse, district judge, Jeffer­ TWENTIETH JUDICIAL David M. Enslen, district judge, EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Brax.ton Kittrell, circuit judge Wayne Miller, district judge, Etowah CIRCUIT (Henry and Houston (Morgan County) son County Ferrill D. McRae, circuiii judge Coun~y Fayette County o Counties). William G. Fowler, district judge Charles H. Dodson Jr., circuit judge Robert E. Lewis, district judge, Etowah William O. Winston, district jl,ldge, Newton B. Powell, presiding circuit Jefferson County County Jerry M. White, presiding circuit judge Lamar County judge James E. Strickland, circuit judge James c. Manning, district judge, Jef­ Michael Zoghby, circuit judge Dolores N. Parsons, circuit clerk, Don P. Bennett, circuit judge B. G. Robison Jr., district judge, Richard L. Hundley, circuit judge 1; ferson County Cain Kennedy, circuit judge i' Etowah County J. Ronald Storey, circuit judge Pickens County Tom Brindley Coggin, circuit judge ~. Jack Montgomery, district judge, Jef­ :.1 Joseph J. Masters, district :>judge, Jack E. Renfroe, circuit clerk, Fayette Thomas F. Sweeney, district judge ~ C. Bennett McRae, district judge, ferson County 'I Henry County . County Morgan County Mobile County ! SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL Sandra RossI district judge, Jefferson Paul W. Brunson, district judge, Mo­ Billy Joe Sheffield, district judge, Carl Woods, circuit clerk, Lamar Rudolph W. Slate, district judge, County CIRCUIT (Green/Marengo and "Houston County County Morgan County bile County Sumter Counties) William W. Stewart, district judge Nicholas Kearney, district judge, Mo­ Marvin D. Murphy, circuit clerk, James E. Floyd, circuit clerk, Pickens Cleo D. Teague, circuit cler~, Morgan Jefferson County Claud D.' Neilson, presiding cirCUit Henry County County County bile County Polly Conradi, circuit clerk, Jefferson Dominick J. Matranga, district judge judge Julia L, Trant, circuit clerk, Houston Gaynell Hall, register, Morgan County County . County, Birmingham division Mobile County Ralph R. Banks ~r,\\ district judge, TWENTY -FIFTH JUDICIAL D. L. Cockrell, register, Jefferson Maurice Castle Jr., circuit clerk, Mo­ Greene County~' Eli4abeth A. Cummings, register, CIRCUIT (Marion and Wins­ Melba S. Dutton, clerk of the Morgan County, Birmingham division C. Kendall Snow, district judge, Ma­ Houston County County District Court bile County ton Counties) W Elsworth Haughton, register, Mo­ rengo County bile County , Thomas F. Seale, district judge, Sum- TWENTY·FIRST JUDICIAL Carlton Mayhall Jr., presiding circuit NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Bessemer Division George W. Edgar, clerk of the Mobile ter County CIRCUIT (Escambia County) judge ~ (Cherokee and DeKalb Coun­ Gardner F. Goodwyn Jr., circuit judge County District Court Mary Etta Snoddy, circuit clerk, Bobby R. Aderholt, circuit judge ties) Walter G. Bridges, circuit judge Greene County Douglas S. Webb, presiding circuit Edward P. Fowler, district judge, judge I Dan Reynolds, cir~uit judge ' FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL Dewaine Sealy, circuit clerk, Marengo Marion County Randall L. Cole, presiding circuit County Hugh Rozelle, district judge, Escambi~ Elwood Rutledge, district judge, Wins­ judge Bill Patton, district judge Jefferson CIRCUIT (Walker County) l County ton County County - Ronald Harwell, circui t clerk, Sumter W. G. Hawkins, circuit judge James C. Brotherton, presiding circuit County James D. Taylor, circuit clerk, Es­ -Pride Gano, circuit clerk, Marion William H. Lumpkin, district judge, Roger Halcomb, district judge, Jeffer­ judge cambia County County Cherokee County son County T. Leon Beaird, circuit judge Willouise Harper, register, Marion Richard C. Hunt, district judge, De­ Ralph D. Cook, district judge, Jeffer­ James E. Wilson, circuit judge EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL County Kalb County son County TWENTY.SECOND JUDICIAL John L. Madison Jr., district judge, CIRCUIT (Sh,elby, Coosa and CIRCUIT (Covington County) Waymon W . Elam, circuit clerk, Jerry P. Trammell, circuit clerk, J. B. Vines, circuit clerk/ Jefferson Walker County Clay ~ountles) Winston County-. Cherokee County . County, Bessemer.division Horace H. Nation, III, district judge, F. Murlahd Smith, presiding circl,lit Joyce Martin, regis ter, Wins ton Laura F. Coffey, register, Cherokee Welker County Kenneth F. Ingram, presiding circuit judge County County judge Sylvester Anton, circuitclerkt Walker William H. Baldwin, circuit judge Jimmy Lindsey, circuit clerk, DeKalb Robert R. Armstrong Jr' circuit judge Charles T. Morris, district judge/ ELEVENTH JUDICIAL County l County Harold Walden, circuit judge Covington County TWENTY-SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUI'!;. (Laudcxdale Coun- Ray Bozeman, circuit clerk, Coving­ CIRCUIT (Russell County) Gloria R. Fortson, register, DeKalb ty) .°6" FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL Patricia M. Smith, district Shelby County CIRCUrf (Montgomery Robert J. Teel Jr., district judge~' Clay ton County Paul J. Miller Jr., presiding circuit (jc~l J. Edward Tease, presiding circuit County) <7 and Coosa Counties judge TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT judge Perry O. Hooper, presiding circuit Kyle Lansford, circuit clerk, Shelby TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL Wayne Johnson, circuit judge (Jefferson County)c County , Thomas E. Huey Jr., presiding circuit Leslie G. Johnson, circuit judge judge CIRCUIT (Madison County) George Greene, district judge, Russell , R. Powell Duska, district judge, Randall Thomas, circuit judge Robert Giddens, circuit clerk, Clay County judge County Lauderdale County John W. Davis, circuit judge John David Snodgrass, presiding cir- Devon Kiker, circuit clerkl Russell Birmingham Division Glenn Murphy, circuit clerk, Lauder­ "Joseph D. Phelps, circuit judge (Jerald Parker, circuit clerk, Coosa cuit judge County William C. Barber, circuit judge dale County Sam W. Taylor, circuit judge County Daniel B. Banks Jr., circuit judge Carol Kiker, register, Russell County

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HIGHEST STATE COURT Court of final resort APPELLATE JURISDICTION: II All civil matters exceeding $1 0,000 and apeals from Alabama Public Service Commission COtm.TOF ,t " eOURl.' Oli' " CIVIL APPEALS INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURTS CRIMINAL APP~ALS

APPELLATE JURISDICTION: APPELLATE JURISDICTION: c· Civil matters not exceeding $10,000, All criminal appeals including felony workmen's compensation and domestic cases, convictions involving misde­ relations cases. meanors and violations of municipal ordinances

Cm.CUIT COURTS 39instnte I HIGHEST TRIAL COURTS aT! GENERAL JURISDICTION r JURIS:6{CTION: ,t All criminal felonies, civil actions ex­ ceeding $500 and domestic relations cases I o I .1 j I , f

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COURTS OF LIMITED JURISDICTION* I o o ( JURISDICTION: JURISDICTION: JURISDICTION: , Special c;;ourt which handles wills, Misdemeanors and Small Claims ac­ Violations of municipal ordin;lnces are '" I administration of estates, guardianship Jions. Concurrent jUrisdiction with Cir­ heard by municipal judges in munici­ of minors and incompetents n cuit Courtin ci'Vil matters not exceeding palities that choose to maintain their \ tf $5,000. municipal courts. IOtherwise, these , caSeS are tried in district cOllrt.) \ , (:) • Appeals from courts of llmitcd jurisdiction go to circuit court for trial de novo la new trial}. Other appeals may go to the appropriate appellate court if there is an adequate record from the 1, lower COllrt and only when questions of law arc involved in such an appeal. \ 1· ------~- \\

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" Pictured on tlfe"cover is an architectural rendering of the'proposed restoration of the Lowndes County Courthouse, District Courts Hayneville. The restoration project is being funded by matching grants from the Economic Developm'ent Administra- tion, J~ Department of Commerce and local funds. p , Xhe original Greek Revival courthouse was built in 1856 consisting of a two-story brick structure with vaulted brick ~eilings anda front portico with four classic doric columns and curving cast iron staircases. A 1~~' remodeling result~d in the reI110val of the front po~tico and stairs and the addition of a dfi'med cupola and office ngs. . The.restoration project will in~Jl~de the rebui.lding of the front portico ,and twin curving staircases. h r 1gQ5 office wmgs, Will be removed and a new~fficeannex Will be constructed.- "

Q Restoration of the secoiid fIoor courtroom will include replacing the pressedtin ceiling and refinishing the original o judges' bench. An old corner cell; used to detain prisoners before and during their trials, 'Will be retained. o The courthouse was placedo-p the ~Jational Register of Historical Places in 1971. With the propose~restora.tionl the Lowndes County Courthous~\vill justifiably be returned to its position of prominence as a landm~rk1n tire state. o The drawing on the cover w2s"done by Architect William R. Wible of Narrows) Brown, Pars[l}ls &. Associates Architects of Montgomery., ",' " ~, " p,repared,.by

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i: the work of the state's court of last resort (the Supreme Court of Alabap1a),

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CQ,~r;t of Ci vil Appeal s), the courts of general juri sdiction (the Cicrcuit This report was compiled and edited by: ,.' '" '/ Courts) and the District Court (a court of limited jurisdiction) .. Robert A. Martin Director of Administrfttive Serv~ces As such, this data provides for another step in thedeveloflllent of an Camill e Ashl ey i nformat i on base' from wh i ch management dec; s; ons can be made for th'e state's CaseflowManagement Analyst ." ({ (J If " II court system and serves ,to inform the public about the increasing demands Karan S. S~ms

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facilities and record systems. " As caseloads of the state courts have increased, so has the need -for more sophisticated and detailed caseload information. Efforts are continually

being made to improve the data collectiory, procedures ana e,~tablish more , i\ 0 precise, defi niti(,1ollS of the cases to be accounted for within e~ch category. 0 l! , 0 {.I o c

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essential responsibil ity of that office. The need fpr such statistical i nf,onna- Ii 1 tion on the operationsQf the litrial courts is recog~'ized and a.cknowl edged i'n / I § 12-5-10 ,1'iTitle 12~ Code 'of Al abama 197"S:';G~which sets forth the 'powers and duties i '"

oofthe administrative ,director of c~)Urts. U "J " I IIln addition to any other

chief justice: "I '" , " I":" .I " 11(1) To require ~thfi! fil ingof reports, the Jnecti~n and compilation of statistical dataa.nd ottier infonnatiori on ,', C~. ,;" the judicial and financial_oper~ti,on of th~<'courts and on "Jtheo~rati"on6fothet offices directly re1ated to an~ '-

servi ng the courts;II, '00 '~ ,~ \ " "Since the implementation of the UfJ4'fied JUdicial System, the ~dministrative ! "'" ," ' .' ,.", ~ 0 , ' ~ I q Office o~cour:ts h~s COlrect~d molithlycasel oad ~at? fr~the Ci rcuit and Q9, r)

" District Gourts;. Iurther dat& £oncerning};he $uprem~; Court, the Court of ! .) , Criminal Akpeals t'lle-Courtof furnished ... and civil Appeatsh~4~..beej~ by~~b!t=c1erks 1 M, ~)o ~f th2~ec~ rt~.~.J\l"rthe~e statj,,stics nav~ been ~oo;p'''rt~d "~l1omJ,iillY i~to.a!!stat~- o'! -( . ,~ • ' ~.. {. _ . .. if ~ -', - - " -::: .:::;::.;, I) /; '\ • ~ ,... v . " ; 1,., "=:e" 11 \'Ode~r:eport f;~cottt~;,pe1fQrm~mce.o ',' '. . /vr,J , .. ..:" ,,<, _c_" I c i;) :1" 1t'.Ttt1~),,,9 no~~er;;s"as ~~fnva]~u~le' aid -to"mana9~~ent'"of o~r 'p;:fn1fi=paff- "" ,oJ

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and District Court clerks for the,ir various jurisdictions through an established monthly caseload reporting system. Those reports are based upon the total number I ICL of cas,e,s flowing t'hrough the cpurts and not on the number of individuals involved I ' in lit*gatioll., I " 0 ALABAMA SUPREMEtOCOURT The-significance of counting cases rather than individuals lies in the fact that there is not a Uone-to-onell relationship between the two. In a typicql" FY 1980

civil' '.~ase 0 there is but0 one plaintiff but, perhaps, several defendants, whereas, in criminal cases, one _individual may have a number of easel) pending. , ,,0 A "case," for the purpose of thi s report, is establ i shed at the time a "case fil ell is created and a "case number'" as~,igned to the matter in question. In crimial cases, this occurs after the individual's arrest~ In civil matters, Di spositions it octllrs when a proper compl aint is fil ed and the court costs paid. I ! By written opinion 436 The data collected by the Administrative Office of Courts i~ed for several purposes, including but not limited to: o Petitions for Writ of, ., Certiorari Denied a 247 (1) Identifying potential problems in judicial and/or 0 admi ni strative procedures. .Wri ts Granted 59 ,il "0,, (2) Assessing the i:ndividual needs of each court, Advisory Opinions 10 ,l) (3) Formulating recommendations concerning the need for Miscellaneous & Extraordinary additional judgeshi p. Writ Matters " . 94 "< o 0

(4z)" Determi ni ng the current needs and pl anni ng for the [.." future needs of the.Alabama Unified Juqicial System. "\ (51(1 Pres~lttirig information on court caseloads to the TOTAL 846 Ii c o publ ic a~d non-judid~l personnel. Cases Under Submi ssion ,con September 30, 1980

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.1 Hardie B. Kimbrough, Presiding John Y Christopher 1 J . Richmond Pearson t D . ~ " (, Circuit Clerk ~ Court Reporters u ~~ ::'~}' " Don Gibson ~ ~ Brenda Rowell ~ r-~ M Steve Bradley ," Register ~ 0 IY/'Yv< IJ-{ 7 ~~-w b--~ f 1 I -~ r 1 ~ , James A. Christopher .:;~ .: I." ~ l))} , ;. ';'";;i~. , ~ ,~ . 'J -. - " " .. CI RCUI T COURT c CIRCUIT COURT ~ \\ . ' CASES q, PENDING CASES PENDING PENDING CASES PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS Sept. 30, 1980 CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE October 1, 1979 ,

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" " c: 26 896 ?4 5'" 13,?'77 CRIMINAL (:- 10 77 S2 '5 CRmINAL 11 533 ( ( .. 0 , (~) tl ~" 0 29 ,287 27.236 28 380 CIVIL 119 116 87 CIVIL 26 329 .-" 'U --1.4a " JUVENILE 6.672 19 782 20 526 5.928 JUVENILE 0, 0 n n ~-"":: n 'J DOMESTIC I co 14.503 I RELATIONS 14.550 47.176 47.223 , (\ g~~E~I6~s 37 132 128 " 41 I 62.688 TOTAL 59.084 I 123 141 119.537 TOTAL 166 325 297 194 , " ",

.z;;-_ "" DISTRIGT COURT DISTRICT COURT n ~,:--;,'l "~I ~ 0 ~, I h" :; ~1 , '" 1) PENDING CASES 5 PENDING 'CASES ' PENDING CASES ,~, 'C C PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS 0 FIL-lNGS DlSPOSITIONS Sept. 30; 1980 ,CASE.- TYPE-. CASE TYPE - Oc~obet, 1, ]979 " D - -;-:'-'=. " - - "- ~-= ,. t.,~~ .,,::~.~~\,~~~~ :' " " '>; ~:,.-:;. - ~1 , TRAFFIC 2.46 1 648 U fi3? ,.,. ?Eil 59.264 'I ~iRAFFIC 42.848" ;; 2t?-T .. 136 224.720 ." 0 " i; , ,/1 i , " " 0 ___ ii CRIMINAL .5_6 660 517 lqq CRIMINAL 23.605 104.600:, 9S.049 3[,156, ,.. ~ 0': (~"l -' " ~. " -. ~ Ii, ,}} -- = --- ~- S,M.ALL CLAIMS 0 " -"'- ~ 30 888 " 43 576 554 I 65 94.270 ~ :;:- . SMALL CLAmS 33 291 ' 91.861 , .. . - - " r,- .. 0 " - , - J "CIVIL 43 I';' 54,545' 91 117 17 CIVIL 22.679 ·,53 723 2i 857 1\, 0 -, " ='i) - JUVENILE 80 ,,, - . ' " 179 . - 147 " JH!JENILE 6.. 875 " 24.290 I 21.933 9.232 I ',- 112 Il 11UN,ICiPAL " ~ " " ~~~~gi~A~, , 0 d 0 0 ,,0 , TRAFFIC 330 ' 9~217 8.439 " 3 lOS 2 I -"MUNfcIPAL ;-:. o NUNlCIPAL , , 3.224 1.269 CRIMINAL 0 0 0 0 CRUHNAL "'1'2017 I 3,A76 I ~ ',' 0 'TOTAL" , ~r 468 3.154\ 2~968 654 TOTAL • -O;:'! 528,303 . 505,~180 155.774 I --;:1 ., I 132,651 I "

... , ___"___ .... _.___ ,_~ ___._ " ._~ ______.. ~_.~._. ___ .. __~_._" .. _~. ___.• ~.~~. ___.. ~_~_, ___ --.-~._. __ ,__ ,,'.~.iL...., ___ .~~~~-_ •. __. __,,_. --- --.-.-'-~ .~.---,~.--.----~-. - .~--.---"~--.~'I-.---- ... ,- - .

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{} --~----'------~------,----~ '0 c, . c, . P=qJ: SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ,~ ',-;' CRENSHAW COUNTY LOWNDES COUNTY ,,' ~ (I Circuit Judge 0 OJ st ri ct Judge l:fIe;. Circuit Judge Distr'ict Judge r- I ,Arthur E. Gamble, Jr. , Presiding Wi 11 i am R. King Arthur E. Gamble, Jr., Presiding A. Ted Bozeman * r ~ TI I J\.....l .Court Reporter' Clerk and Register Court Reporter ',' <;;"C i rcui t 'Clerk " : " ~~ ~ W. H. Harri s, Jr. Josephine J. Golden W. H. Ha r r Is, Jr. Bruce Davis 'III, 'i Register ~l7' v= 10- , ( "" r c , 'Margie P. McLeod ;

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); ," PENDING ,CASES PENDING CASES " . PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES C tASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS " FIL~NGS DISPOSITIONS r

" G .; i '\ ,:, CRIMINAL 65 o co :77 ;i ,.. 84 CRIM~AL 2,2 \54 , v 38 ' 38 58 CIVIL 62 (/1: "< 52 40 CIVIL . 45 72 46 71 G, 74 0 (:/ " JUVENILE a JUVENILE 2 1 1 2 q a 0 ( 22 ,:/i 32 ~~r~fI6~s 6..,1 65 0 24 94 86 22 _R~r~¥T6~s' t_ it: ,0 TOTAL 149 0 194 " ',' 143 189 154 TOTAL 93 ~ 221 171 (;, C<, @ " DISTRICT CO&:;;;~ DISTRICT COURT " 6' " ~ f)

, TRAFFIC 157" 985 1,000 ' 142 2.166

c CRIMINAL , '158 538 n 481 215 c' 352 ') :f'L\,\ :--l r1 " SMALL CLAIMS 29 371 333 67 , 98 ',' , , ,,1 C

0 CIVIL "D " 13 84 0 73 24 66 "

r} JUVENILE " " JUVENILE 125 120 0 101 144 693

0 0 MUNICIPAL 0 i TRAFFIC -. 0 a a a 0 149 k1UNICIPAL CRIMINAL Oil " 0/' a a a n a , .- " TOTAL \0 . TOTAL 482 2.098 1,988 592 (i I • 3,524 712

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~-~~--""""--~::---~------.--~-. -~----.+~.----~-~-" -----.. -,,-" --'-~~-~-'-'----'-.---""--'------'--~-'---' ·------~~-~------~-4~~'~-----'·------~ .. ' II ~~ .. , - -, ~ ~ 1-' {~I.' " " o ,.; , . ,,:;. ,,J r- , / " - L. : ! '" c' " - < ~.: . 0 . -,- I THI~D JUDICIAL.CIRCUIT h. __ J ~ ~ 'i3ARBOUR COUNTY i':, SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT t=r :;-':':' n L 8 B CircuitJud~e o .' District Judge ~L i ;; CI RCU IT TOTAL " t-- r:A In.. "j '\ Jack W: Wallace, Presiding William H. Rob~rtson U In r-' Court Reporter Clerk and Register '-1' (, 1- u I I l )'-1 Andrew J. Cl ingan David S. Nix t'L '" S- o 0 " " N~ , 8 1 ~r 1 '\ " ~ P' i , d \ 0 I( , ,On ; II ; ,-, .~f " ul). 1/ a U~) ";;;. - .~". ' .... - ',1.: I , ~, a CIRCUIT COURT c !~ CIRCUIT COURT C I \ I, PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES \ CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS , , -' ~\ I ,I ,CI,r " ;~ 1 r CRIMINAL 27 '97 85 39 CRIMINAL 111 273 265 119 (, I CIVIL 107 168 159 116 CIVIL 180 204 cj 188 196 \ e.- , '.< JUVENILE 0 0 0 JUVENILE 2 1 1 2 I \ \ () ° f (1' ~~r~¥I6~s 58 " 156 161 53 88 q: .- ~~r~~16~s 75 367 ,- 354 TOTAL 192 421 405 208 TOTAL 368 845 808 405 \ I " -I " , DISTRICT COURT 0 DISTRICT COURT Ie PENDING CASES PENDING CASES tf1 1 CASE, TYPE ',PENDING CASES FILINGS 0 DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS I I Q " 759 TRAFFIC 367 1.444 1~511 300 TRAFFIC 565 5,329 5,135 " ., ~ \(1 (j ( CRIMINAL 97 515 559 53 CRIMINAL 225 1,586 1,398 413 ;' I 1/ " SMALL CLAIMS 125 124, " SMALL CLAIMS 141 1,598 1,467 272 '", 639 640 -, v 0 CIVIL' 95 " e- CIVIL 81 231 85 163 208 50 23~; D (( " 0 '" 10 JUVENILE JUVENILE 239 988 1 ,007 220 41 419 431 29 MUNICIPAL c_ MUNICIPAL \ TRAFFIC 0 a TRAFFIC 114 1,080 919 275 0 " MUNICIPAL 0 ° () MUNICIPAL , p 28 158 137 49 CRIMINAL a e_ CRIMINAL .- I ° 0 ° ° -:';11 o TOTAL 725 10,974 10,294 2,073 ,3,180 3,349 " 556 TOTAL 1,393 v 'J 9 r------~------~'~-~' ~ "

,'. ~ .. • h THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ,', THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT " BULLOCK COUNTY t=r ~ .. , CI RCU IT TOTAL "",I o hL (? Circuit Judge Dis t ric t J ud 9 e r1.. " r1-,... " ,; 'I G 'I Pres i di ng, '~;l- Dwight Hixon 1 Jack w. ,allace. u~ J , " c " ! I j Court Re~rter Clerk and R~gister " • I ·.t ll

,"~" i r--"" And rew J. Chi ngan Curtis Elzie , ~ , i , I , I )J7Yx -, " ~1.7'L----J'fuA f--" r , , ' r , c' \ U~~ , ul ... ";;;-;- ' - '-- - 0 - " c ~ CIRCUIT, COURT " CIRCUIT oCOURT " , PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS , " ( CRIMINAL " 67 152 " 140 79 CRIMINAL 40 ~55 55 40 CIVIL 132 200 189 143 CIVIL 25 , 32 30 27 " JUVENILE 0 o o o JUVENILE 0 0 0 0 ri?) 111 '((f [ g~r~fI62s 166 217 219 164 g~r~fiA2s 108 61 58 ; G 365 569 548 386 TOTAL 173 148 143 178 TOTAL . DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT r\ ([21 PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS FILINGS DISPOSITIONS , . r " (;l 517 2,285' 841 775 216 TRAFFIC 2,286 516 133 221 208 49 CRIMINAL 736 ~767 ]02 SMALL CLAIMS 364 1,145 1,220 289 a 506 " 580 165 " CIVIL 290 267 300 157 , 104 92 107 JUVENILE" 90 228 196 81 647 627 110 MUNICIPAL 0 TRAFFIC 0 0 0 0 0 o o , MUNICIPAL '", n ~ 0 0 0 o o CRIMINAL 0 0 TOTAL 1,294 5,080 5,200 1,174 1,900 10 11 ---~IDI.' . ,.-- .-, ------

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FOURTH JUDICI~L CIRCUIT tu'I· a ~ DALLAS COUNTY ('I FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 0 I BIBB COUNTY "-\L 1 t=r Circuit Judges District Judge l , f1)i- Circuit Judges District Judge rr). Edgar P. Russell, Jr. , Presiding B. M;: Mi 11erQ Chi lders "\..1. J. C. N0rton ' '" , I Edgar P. Russell, Jr. , Presiding " James M. White ~ Clerk and Register ~ J., C. Norton ~ II r-" " Clerk and Register ~ Court Reporters 11..4 \

~ C.IVIL 67 'f 66 46 87 JUVENILE 0 0 0 0

JUVENILE 0 II 0 0 0 0 432 502 4~3 (, \,,~ ~~r~fI6~s 543 89 ::-;:; (it 96 82 103 e ~~r~fI6~~ 1I j) , TOTAL 1,195 " 1,044 1,034 1,205 1 TOTAL 228 ) 239 208 25,9 \') ,. ,', , /1 . DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT 10 . PENDING CASES

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.~.. 0 0 ,'" / 0 " ~ , FOURTH JUDICIAL C1RCU/T . - § 0 PERRY COUNTY I -~;,:{ FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 0 c HALE COUNTY hL " Circuit Jud~es District Jud~e P=:t (~I II ;'/ -D ~ Circuit Judges District Judge I \ Edgar P. Rus~ell, Jr. , Presiding Richard M. ~very, Jr. v D , tt _~ ~ J. C. Nortqn O. S. Burke ~ ,...,. Q J Edgar J'. Russell, Jr., Pres i ding ,cf', Clerk and Register" ,I;" I ~ Court Reporters ~ J. c. 'Norton "Clerk and Register '0 , ~ -, Mary G. Auburtin ' 'l -- t...r- - ~ Court Reporters ....A Luther Nea 1 C1 i ngan Mary B. Shipley m ,'" r 1-, Jud i th Prucna 1 l ,ll~ Luther Nea C1 i ngan 1-7 r 1 --=[ r\ '" Judith Prucnal ~. ~{J-I;H " .. ' _r [ l ~ ~ f.,') , U~~...... - ~ , .;;.' '0.. __ ---:;(~ J ~J .:::., . :;' " CIRCUIT COURT , c I:: CIRCUIT COURT PENDING CASES PENDING CASES , PENDING CASES CASE TYPE "6, FILINGS DISPOSITIONS 0 '0 PENDING CASES DISPOSITIONS GASE TYPE FILINGS , " CRIMINAL " 6 '82 68 20 . 129 " ~94 3 52 c' 54 = 44 62 CRIMINAL 38 -' CIVIL

18 117 II CIVIL 88 47 . JUVENILE 0 0 0 0 C' 0 \) ',,: 0 0 JUVENILE 0 (I ~~r~¥I62s 11 60 56 15 36 c ''..!. 59 48 196 168 97 ~~r~¥t6~s 25 - - " TOTAL 69 69 282 TOTAL 151 200 DISTRICT COURT <

DISTRICT COURT I " PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS PENDING CASES . FILINGS D DISPOSITIONS , CASE TYPE PENDING CASES G , TRAFFIC 157 1,498 1,360 295

~ 234 '; 1.164 972 n CRIMINAL 19 408 379 '48 TRAFFIC 42 ...... (\ (1 I 380 67 SMALL CLAIMS" qUMINAL 47 400 I 140 613 635 118 " 1/ c 317 285 " 89 CIVIL 70 31 SMALL CLAIr4S 57 ., 20 81 0 : \ 43 , -, 17" JUVENILE CIVIL 14 46 , c: \Q " 45 338 331 !)2 ,.:,. " 0 II MUNICIPAL 89 209 0 0 0 JUVENILE 146 152 " TRAFFIC 0

.J MUNICIPAL 0 -h~ MUNICIPAL " 90 0 0 0 49 364 323 CRIMINAL 0 , TRAFFIC <- MUNICIPAL 0 8 5 77 74 1 (' TOTAL 381 2,938 "\ 2,775 544 CRIMINAL tl (l~- "\ 714 15 TOTAL 360 2.520 2,166 0 ~' - 14 ---- ,------~------~,&~~~,~~-

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(( 0' ) n I' , ,'::;'1,,1 - , ~ " ( ~OURTH'JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT p,t ~ WILCOX COUNTY ~ , ! ..." L~; " CI ReU IT TOTAL f i rcu i t Judges ,I District Judge 0 -... " r:A ';J u " (I' " Edgar P. Russell, Jr. ~ Pres i4'i n,9 A. Farrell McKelyey 0 ~ ~ J. C. Norton \'- * Clerk and Register ~ " Court Reeorters , " " , n. 0 Erskine Kennedy ,) '.-A Luther Neal Cl ingan "~ Judi th Prucnal ~ 1 1 ~ ~ r \ " , I--" I , D.=)-( II , t II , c,( ':: '-, , Ut~ " ',' )) - ...... J u~J ';;;,,.- )) 'II . " . "

0 .;:) CIRCUIT COURT ( CIRCUIT COURT {J '\_i

PENDING CASES c' PENDING, CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE FILINGS " DISPOSITIONS

" .' f CRIMINAL 590 57 '99 61 95 CRIMINAL 403 6085 498 " " CIVIL 141 51 34 158 CIVIL 770 497 " 388 879 ,J 0 JUVENILE a a a a " JUVENILE 0 0 a - 111 52 779 699" ' i!. 724 754 ~~r~fI6~s 36 127 g~~i.fI6~s "

TOTAL 309 1,881 0 202 131 380 TOTAL 1,952 <.- 1,610 2,223 J " DISTRICT COURT \I DISTRICT COURT ( PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS Q 'J I CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS " I' F'"'~ (', .- " TRAFFIC '" 363 '~ ,~, - 2,953 2,520 796 TRAFFIC 2.468 15,270 ,. i) 12,793 4,~45 n " eRIMINAL (~ 393 \~ 586 403 576 CRIMINAL 1,146 " 3,679 ; 3~259 1,566 ';~. . /~~'

SMALL CLAIMS 0 280 399 642 37 SMALL CLAIMS 651 0 2,574 2,732 493 CIVIL :; 64 " 80 \\ 76 68 CIVIL 277 " 831 ~ 772 336 C -JUVENILE 22 35 20 37 11 JUVENILE' 686 1,672 1,536 '$22 MUNICIPAL (1 ,:~ 0 MUNICIPAL TRAFFTC a a a '0 I TRAFFIC 268 F.337 1,266 339 " MUNICIPAL , MUNICIPAL . CRIMINAL a a I a a I CRIMINAL 47 351 335 63 ", c I c TOTAL , 1 ~ 138 4,037, 3,661 1,514 ~I TOTAL 5.543 " 25,714 22,693 ""8,564 :-'--1" . 16 17 _'____ .~_~ _____ot_".~ __~..:...... ,,_, --~-,-.---.-.~'~---~~-----.'.----'~----~.---~------.----·-----'·-'---:-~-~------"--'--·~·-·--~-~~'~-7 :r I l ... I ------.... , ------

II \, ~--'------~------~ , 0 II ,- '" " ' " " c ~\ !, (o, I I(J It 'FIFTH JuJrclAL CIRCUIT FIFTH JUDlblAL CIRCUIT - {) Q:! MACON COUNTY CHAMBER~S COU~~y ('J 0 ~ .L7' c' k' L Circuit Judges ,f~~~>~Jl;\/st ric t Judge Circuit Judges District Judge

r:h. ,~ ,.";- James A. Avary, Pres i di ng Joel G. Holley j James A. Avary, Presiding Aubrey Ford, Jr.

I a U Wi 11 i am I. Byrd 0 " '--\~..l---'r-1 Wi 11 i am I. By rd ) r-"'""~ Howard F. Bryan Clerk and Register r-' \0.. Howa rd F. Bryan C1e~k and Register 0 " . , I. ~ Court Reporters 0 Stella A. Pierce ~ Court Reporters Eddie Dean Mallard , ~tL D .~ Mary Frcmces Price Mary Ann Karr Ir'I."'---.1 I Ma ry Ann Ka r r \,\ lJ7:rv~o !-. \f:' ( I--,,!I'" I 1 L=j \ DorotQY M. Mundt ;Y I-<-~ r ~ \ DOl7othy M. Mundt· ;, , " " (\ , 0 o lJ:) 0' _"'_'l ______0_° ______'.' ~ -0 -'.-~J ''::\ , , :'~~.!

CIRCUIT COURT, , , ., 1111 " PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE FILINGS ., DISPOS ITI ONS .. GO ;. <;,,-.:.~.:-~ 205 219 CRIMINAL 166 2>58 ~~~=------t--~~--~--1_--~~--~--~--~~----_+----45------~ (! 96 CIVIL 117 131 : 152 97 JUVENILE 0 0 0 0 o I; 438 47 _~~r~fI6~s 143 " ~;~ 47 " 731 c 795 362 TOTAL 426 0

DISTRICT COURT u , PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS , (~ t:":'~~\

TRAFFIC 1 ,_255 4,014 '. 4,214 1,055 1,709

'co CRIMINAL 575 " 1,681 1,839 417. 243 r;;;:- SMALL CLAIMS 1,O00 1,288 1,433. 855 66 : CIVIL 204 482 406 " 280 35 JUVENILE 59 345 296 108 0 MUNIC1PAL rr 0 !~ 0 TRAFFIC 0 0 0 447 MUNICIPAL CRIMINAL 0 0 p 0 0 55 '- ~, TOTAL 3,093 .,.-' 7,810 8,188 2,715 2,555 ':, 18 • 0 ". _~ • ~ __ >-__ • __". ___,~_~". ~, ••• ~ .... _,._~. __ • , ______, __ ,_~_<~."_. __. ___ ~~_ .. ~_~_.~~~ .. ~------.. ·~~-·-··-·-·::·-t , ...... ~. ------

" (J 0 0 , . .1 : 10 ... Tv-i FJ'FTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT " 0 /'Y, FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Ia-- RANDOLPH COUNTY .> tTr TALLAPOOSA COUNTY District Judge """ L_ , Circuit Judges ,) r).. Circuit Judges District Judge I • it [\ . d' James A. Avary,' Presl Ing Joe T. Burns James A. Avary, Presiding John P. Oliver Wi 11 i am I. Byrd " WiLliam I. Byrd .) Clerk and Register ,..,-U Howa rd F. Bryan -~\ HowardF. Bryan Clerk and Re9ister J. Ha rdy .' Hendon /) 1 ~ ~ Court Reporters ((T Ruth Johnson I' ,.' Court Repqrters r'--'"1 ~ c 1-."...... A • Mary Frances Price )J~ J-i Mary Frances Price ;; ~J7'+~ Mary Ann, Karr 1--"" Mary Ann' Karr ' ( L l' Ll=, \ 1\ .,~' I--~ r i ~ Dorothy M. Mundt porothY M. Mundt ; ,] (., U~J u -.- J .\ -.. ".- . . CIRCUIT COURT c CIRCUIT COURT ; PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES DISPOSITIONS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE FILINGS CASE TYPE -:.' FILINGS

71 46 c CRIMINAL 119 307 203 223 CRIMINAL 43 'l74 . " "';) 118 97 83 CIVIL 71 185 162 94 CIVIL 62 , " a a a JUVENILE 0 0 a 0 , JUVENILE a { ~'. 0 151 41 ( 414 398 68 .-';;::..-;:? 162, '~~r~fi6~s 52 DOMES~6~s 30 L" RELATI ~.::;//' 354 319 170 TOTAL 242 906 763 385 TOTAL 135 .. , c.- o DISTRICT COURT " DISTRICT COURT " PENDING CASES PENDING CASES DISPOSITIONS (\ PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE P;NDING CASES FILINGS CASE TYPE . ,( - 499 506 149 TRAFFIC 582 2.931 2,850 663 TRAFFIC 156 ;.r=,. ----. 0 643 147 II CRIMINAL CRIMINAL 160 630 '330~ 2.117 2,060 387 U . 698 159 SMALL CLAIMS c SMALL CLAIMS 122 735 278 1,120 1,248 150 ,;..\ 62 132 127 CIVIL 10,9 .J 324 349 84 CIVIL 57 [ if 140 " 16 JUVENILE JUVENILE 37 119 . 41 490 445 86 /~'" MUNICIPAL .y 0 MUNICIPAL 0 a ~ TRAFFIC a a a 0 TRAFFIC a 0 MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL 0 0 CRIMINAL e CRIMINAL a a ~ 0 0 0 a " 0 ,. 2,114 533 TOTAL 1~340 6,982 6,952' . 1,370 532' 2,115 v n TOTAL .- . .20 ----~--~~-- ---~----~~------

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FIFTH JUDiCIAL CIRCUIT ( Circuit Judges Di stri ct ,Judge' ~L 1 ~ 0 CIRCUIT TOTAL Claude Harris, Jr., Presiding. John M. Karrh Jerome B. Ba i rd .. '~ Jo~eph A. Colquitt Clerk and Register f ,. __ I Lou is Lackey \ ( () Dori s Turner * " h Fred W. Nicol ~ J ~ (, "' .~~ rA Court Reporters District Clerk , ~, :rv~' I I t Elizabeth Hamner ~ J _r:" L 1 ~'" Betty S. Barksdale \) 0 Paul D. Smith ~~'{Ft~~ ( C o~ iJames D. Black , 0 ~ ~ Carolyn B. Williams ; l ''''.- Jimmie R. Black , 10::.,.U~J _

" I CIRCUIT COURT , . ( . CI RCU IT COURT . PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS PENDING CASES 0, , DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE FILINGS !I ~, 1,168 404 CRIMINAL " 376 1 ,1..96 (: ~ \ ,; 150 572 533 813 893 550 CRIMINAL 355 0 CIVIL 630 ,~" . 514 370 \ CIVIL 308 576 ~~~~JUVENILE ____-4 __ " ~~ 601 ______-+ ____ 86_3 __ i! ______+- ____6~~4 ______~ ____77_0 ______~6 ,~ 0 JUVENILE 0 0 0 g~r~fI6~s 1,085 2,187 2,190 1,082 ~ L.I .. 203 242 1,087 1,126 TOTAL 2,692 5,059 4,945 2,806 g~r~~i6~s ,. \ 2,212 .. 1,106 TOTAL 905 2,413 DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT PENDING CASES PENDING CASES 10 CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS ' , FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE PENDING CASES ~J l TRAFFIC 1.823 12,357 11,694 2,486 3.576 2 766 11.155 10.345 ~, ~CR~I_M_IN_A_L ____~~~71~O~ ____~~~~ 2,700 ______~ __~~~ 2,118 __~ __~ 1,292 ______~ TRAFFIC <: I 5,127 1.194 'if; CRIMINAL . 1,147 5,174 I 2,508 2,410 1,010 , 0 SMALL CLAIMS 912 4,079 1.230 .' SMALL ClAH~S 2.920 3,619' J CIVIL 874 1,864 1,735 1,003

" 4fi1=~= CIVIL 576 1,303 1,418 -,-,-,,-~ j JUVENILE 0 0 0 0 5 !; f;. ~~~~----t------+------+~------+------~:--I0 210 , MUNICIPAL \' JUVENILE 140 1.276 1,206 ! TRAFFIC 0 0 0 0 MUNICIPAL ~ :,: MUNICIPAL , 447 0 TRAFFIC 297 757 607 ] CRIMINAL 0 0 0 0 MUNICIPAL 544 55 CRIMINAL 19 580 I. J~T_OT_A_l ______~~4~.3~1~9 ______~ __1~9~,4~2~9 ______-L ___ 17~,_95_7 ______~ __5,791~ ______-J TOTAL 6 635 23 864 23 ___ 326 7.173 ! 23 \ 22 L ... ------~-~------

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,Il... :: . , SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT t, SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CLEBURNE COUNTY ~: ; CALHOUN COUNTY III Circuit Judges District Judges j Ci q:u it Judges District Judges District Clerk Robert M. Parker, Presiding Woodrow Albea Robert M. Parker, Woodrow Albea Marie S. Tidwell Sam Monk Nathaniel D. Owens Presiding Nathaniel D. Owens Malcolm B.. Stre~t, Jr. R. A11 en Crow ~ James D. Sloan, Jr. I \~sam t10nk R. 'A 11 en Crow I j .. -' I' Malcolm B. Street, Jr. ,~ c )r-; Clerk and ReSister '- ~\ James D. Sloan, Jr. .' ~t,- Court Reporters . i Billy Hugh Lambert • i "'- ". Circuit Clerk ': Court Reporters lJ:-7-1-~f~ Mary F., Lambert }l7' ~ ",j l.c Richard Forrest Dobbins ~ .... J .., -1---4 .A. Jean Lambert ct " I--Y I "r~ Mary F. bambert Diana L. Hinds .c) A. Jean Lambert Register I ~ ~ale Price I j{~ Diana L. Hinds ~.~ 3 ..J\ 0 Barbara A. Pippin -0_ ~~~------~~------~, Dale Pri ce \f • v ';;'';''-

f CIRCUIT com~r • I CIRCUIT COURT PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES !PENDING CASES CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS § (' CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOS IT IONS " CRIMINAL 38 ,,63 62 39 ( ? CRIMINAL 269 1.033 941 . 361 CIVIL 139 54 52 141 505 CIVIL 445 773 713 31 70 76 25 300 1 519 1 308 511 JUVENILE .165 134 134 165 \'r~~ R~IIs.IoMl.ulu....SfIT~:16~N~'S>l.._ __t-...... :5~3~0 ____i~2S-l.t.:!-l ~96:!....· ___+_~2 L.!:!0:Q.;89L- __-+-_..!16~37L __...... Ji' (: 373 321 324 370 TOTAL 1,544· 5,521 , .• 014 DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT j r------~----~----~------.------~~~~~~PENDING CASES PENDING CASES ( CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE PENDING CASES r------+------~------,---r------~------~ TRAFFIC, 646 2,034 1,752 928 TRAFFIC 799 5.068 4.757 1 .110 84 34Q 314 116 ( 1.966 SMALL CLAIMS 65 252 216 101 SMALL CLAIMS" 529 1.315 1.225 619 CIVIL 21 47 18 50 \\ JUVENILE 0 0 0 0 JUVENILE 0 0 0 V~ MUNlCIPAL MUNICIPAL 0 TRAFFIC 0 0 0 " 0 Ii , MUNICIPAL a ~wmTR~A~FF;IC~--~i---~O----~-+--~O~----~----~O---O--+---~O-----JO CRIMINAL 0 0 0 ft MUNICIPAL r.;.:.:..:.::.:.!!.!::~--+~~!-----I---··~----~r----.;..--+--.-:O~---' CRIMINAL 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 816 () 2,679 2,300 1,195 TOTAL 1.\837 9,676 9,025 2,488 ( 25 ,,~_-,-,,-__. ____ ,,~~-----,-~-,,----,---~-----_- ____2-4- ___-_------'- _ .. _-_ .. _____ .. ___ .____ .______.___ v ______. __ ------.--.-.- J . !9,

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0 " 'it· - c- I .. EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ~ ... 0 MORGAN COUNTY - 'f'\ ..... J SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT "'if; tf:(_ 1-\ Circuit Judses District Judges District Clerk CIRCUIT TOTAL Newton B. Powell, C. Bennett McRae, Melba Dutton J Presiding Rudolph W. Slate 1tf" '!J" il Tom Brindley Coggin < -r ~ \..l r-'" Richard L. Hundley I. Ii" ;1 }r""I Ci rcui t Clerk // " ~ ~l ~ I. Court Reeorters

~ -,..:-~ ~ Cleo D. Teague ...A .. .. Darrell C. Haley d::~. Tom Meador Register -0~~ Morris Anderson ~. Ht.lJ-!· ; F-P'" [ , ( , Gayne 11 Hall '~l I.. ; lJ \ '-'.lJ - U~) /,., ' .... -

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I' ,~. 0 CI RCU IT COURT ~ 0 " It'CIRCUIT COURT PENDING CASES PENDING CASES ,. PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE FILINGS' DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS .- , () ,- I(} CRIMINAL 725 61.0 674 661 ~.;'i CRIMINAL 307 1,q96 1,0.03 4.0.0 " (1 CIVIL 84.0 785 747 878 CIVIL 584 827 765 646 ~.\ ( JUVENILE· .0 .0 .0 .0 JUVENILE 331 1.589 1.384 -. 536 ,- \. ,R~rxfI6~s 567 1~159 1,..!,178 548 DOMESJIG ~. 695 2.330 2.... ,223 8.02 RELAIN)NS TOTAL 2.132 2.554 - 2,599 2,.087 ~ ~'I TOTAL 1,917 " 5,842 1)',375 2,384 DISTRICT COURT

c' DISTRICT COURT '" I , .~t PENDING CASES (' ,~ " FILINGS DISPOSITIONS .. PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES I~' ,- II CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS TRAFFIC 1 486 5 417 4-,-,878 2.... _.025

, 0 TRAFFIC 1 445", 7_.102 6 5.09 2 .038 {], ~ ~ CRIMINAL 1.664 2.1.434 '-,-7.07 2.... 391 ( ~ CRIMINAL 21.0 2.437 2.28.0 367 SMALL CLAIMS 539 '~476 '_~342 673 " 0 " SMALL CLAIMS 594, 1,,567 1,441 72.0 ' ., CIVIL 274 775 II 77.0 r.~ 279 .1 , CIVIL 4.04 1.249 " { 1~.o95· 558 " t 0 t (l JUVENILE 248 931 8.07 372 C, MUNICIPAL < JUVENILE .0 .0 .0 . .0 " TRAFFIC " 99 27 2.0 106 MUNICIPAL '--";" MUNICIPAL _TR8.EEIC .0 .0 .0 0 Q , MUNICIPAL CRIMINAL 32 6 .0 38 CRIMINAL .0 0 .0 0 " TOTAL 4.342 11,.066 9,5'24 . 5)~~4 • Il' { TOTAL 2_,653 12,355 11,325 3,683 27 26 ... __~ ______~------:"""E\1§.\::: ~

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0 NINTH JUDiCIAL CIRCUIT NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT !i ~ CHEROKEE COUNTY ~ DEKALB COUNTY , 1\ Circuit Judges , District Judge £!.L..cu it Judges Di st ri ct Judge 0 I1fI"'" , Jrt~ Randall L. Cole, Pres i di ng Richard' C. Hunt Randall L. Cole, Pres i d ;,ng William H. LUmpkin , w. G. Hawkins ~ ~ W. G. Hawkins '-I Circuit Clerk (\ l.j , Circuit Clerk ~ ""I Court Reporters ~ Court Reporters I Jerry P. Trammell., Jimmy Li ndsey " Lisa Hall " ~ Li sa Ha 11 ' ~ ,j ...1, ,...( .' I J u1 i a B. Brown Register ~. 7~~ Jul ia B. Brown Register }}7 ."..~ . ~III' r, \ --:!'" r , Gloria R. Fortson ~ c Laura F. Coffey ; ; I, c} . " ,J " J ~J ~ ';;'. ~-!l- - ,~~ - , CIRCUIT COURT ( ,,'. CIRCUIT COURT PENDING r.ASFS PENDING CASES PEN9ING CASES PENDING CASES " CASE TYPE \! FILINGS ,. DISPOSITIONS CASE. TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS , ':; " c·, \, CRIMINAL 423 485 402 506 ' CRIMINAL 139 152 148 143 . CIVIL 111 86 92 105 CIVIL 330 351 355 326 I)

JUVENILE .0 0 0 I '0 JUVENILE 0 0 0 0 . ) .. 188 591 633 36 177 190 0 23 ~~r~fI6~s 146 ~~r~~I62s v " TOTAL 286 415 430 271 TOTAL 941 1',427 1,390 978 o " s <) DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT PENDiNG CASES PENDING CASES DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE PENDING CASES F.ILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS l' ;::-.: , " 591 33 TRAFFtC 368 2.851 " 2.511 708 TRAFFIC 101 523 '1 CRIMINAL CRIMINAL 207 921 '" 852 276 323 1,003 1,115 211

0 SMALL CLAIMS 37 194 189 42 0 SMALL CLAIMS 260 656 559 357 <::, CIVIL CIVIL 2~ , 93 88 33 305 366 241 430 .. , II c JUVENILE 13 321 277 57 JUVENILE 32 93 98 27 ',' MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL c 'TRAFFIC ~ 38 278 281 35 TRAFFIC 0 0 0 0 r::~·~l>~ 'J 0 MUNICIPAL I'.I () , MUNICIPAL (-:;:. , 0 ": CRIMINAL 10 ,. 8!} 62 37 CRIMINAL 0 0 fl 0

TOTAL 453 2,191 2,161 " 483 TOTAL 1,269 5,197 4,703 . 1,763 28 29 ----·------~------~------~:ID~~',--~------

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() TRAFFIC 469 3.374 3,102 741 CRIMINAL " ,,530 1,924 1,967 487 .-::;i SMALL CLAIMS 297 850 148 399 c

CIVIL 333 459 329 463 0 JUVENILE 45 414 375 84 MUNICIPAltiIit ,. iRAFru....:·' " 38 21'8 , 281 35 '~I , MUNICIPAL '.. 1 ('j) CRIMINAL;" Q 10 " 89 62 37 " ~ 0 TOTAL '0-, l.722 7,388 6,864 2,24°6 '" 30 (I _.... _,,-0.. .._,._ .. __ • _____ .. __..... _~_ •._.~_._-- .. ---.. - .. ---~-.-. ... ____- ____------'------~;a=~~'

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-~ - " rt ~ q u ~ 0 a ~- ~ -, TENTH JIJb IC IAL CI RCU IT 0 ., TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT . ~ JEFFERSON COUNTY - BESSEMER DIVISION ~ -'3 BIRMINGHAN DIVISION ~ , ., Elrcu i t Judges District Judges " rrt rr ls. ;r Gardner F. Goodwyn, Jr., Presiding Bill Patton I;:: <, " I ' Roger Halcomb @;) Walter G. Bridges , 0 A ~ " I 1 Dan Reynolds Ralph D. Cook (, I, (: "}t-I I I ~ .. ~ ...A Court Reeorters I Clerk and Register " " \ . 1 n 0 lN1 \ Clara Laird J. 8. Vines - '\3 ., W 7 r,-A ,- ~IP r 'I, !i \ Jerry Murray

'"I,." , " (: .' ; ~~[ r'~ ,J ; (I) tj (.J ~l} .... -~--::. U,} D c " ,') () v ---.- , 0 ~, " , , ~t CIRCUIT COURT' 0 ,> ,» ( " " CIRCUIT COURT PENDING CASES ,0 PENDING CASES PENDING CASES c PENITING CASES CAS~ TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE " FILINGG DISPOSITIONS " ~; , " .'1. ,', 810 865 " CRIMINAL 706 969 CRIMINAL 990 0 2,141 2,554 1,177 654 52l" 840 D -- CIVIL 708 ,J CIVIL 7,022 6,763 65- 128 7,651' ~ % 0 0 0 0 t,) JUVENILE 6 ,~,T5 JUVENILE " 2,746 )\, 6,779 2,082 J (~)t l p 088 1,060 344 (, 316 (. ~~~~~I6~s 'J ~~r~fI6~s 1$-522 7,164 .. 7,021 1,665 '~c{; " TOTAL 1,730 2,711 2,392 2,049 " '" '. 0 TOTAL 12,280 22,783 22,482 12,581 " " " , " " DISTRICT COURT

" ~~.-.....-.,"" j (~ Di\~TRICT COURT 0 '\.1- PENDING CASES ~ " \~ CASE TYPE PENDING CASES' FltINGS DISPOSITIONS " © PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FIU:·NGS DISPOSITIONS \, , ,1.\', " - '_iXL,.:> -'';'"'' -'. I ) 7,276 2.,399 (r~"'" ~ 11 (i \,~~~- TRAFFIC 1,693 7,982 .' ::;:;;.'::.1\'\. , 29231 " [lJ) 14,251 3,426 TRAFFIC 15,446 , 2,931 941 r" !l • ~I CRIMINAL 490 3.,382 ,\ .. ( ·1 !,) CRIMINAL ~ 2,590 \} 6,596 5,934 3,252 , " \'; 4,772' 1,646 "" SMALL CLAIMS 2,022 4,396

" I S~~LL CLAIMS~~48 26,121 26,828 9J)441 " 1,459 599 '0 (\ ~~'J CIVIL 571 ',' 1,487 \' )) CIVIL: " - 6, )4~~\ u 16,523 ,,15,595 7,372 v (! VENILE 526 ,J 1,536 1,262 . :-0:' 800 t;· D~\ ; C) JUVENILE .--4 ''''/0 0 ...:~ 0 0 , MUNICIPAL 0 0 0 )\ 0 " 0 J'1U~ICIPAL TRAFFIC .' / (~, ~. 0 0 (, 0 0 MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC I' ,'[),\ 0 0 0 , "" MUNICIPAL lJ ., CRIMINAL 0 CRIMINAL 0 0 0 0 " .. , ;\ I ' TOTAL 5,302 18,783 17, 700 .~ 6,385 c' " ',' " c' \I "'TOTAL 21,413 64,686 , Q2,60,8 23~491 <,>..;, <~ ~;F .. 33 32 , ,_.,Y" -. - - --~-- ' -- " --_ .. -. ,,~-.---.-"-.~~',,""" ~---,-"-. - --._" "~ _."-'-' "------~------~--- __._ ... -...... 7'---

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OJ ~ ELEVENTH JUD~CIAL CIRCUIT TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ~ , , ~ LAUDERDALE COUNTY " ~L CIRCUITTOTAL " """L Circuit Judges ., District Judge ~ J~~ J. Edwarq, Tease, Pres.jding R. Powell Duska " Leslie G. Johnson Clerk and Register 4 J -- 0 ~ ~ Court Reporters ~ \..m3 Glenn Murphy 'T1@~ l "'---.-lI'--I~ ...,.( Vi ctori a D. Gamb 1e ~ ~ " ~ll~f I J-) He 1en Mu rphy -~ I /'tI-1r~ ",_P'" L , ~ ~ J~~ )G~~J, _0'_ ,-~:'~ ; 0

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" [, ,',\ CRIMINAL '" ,696 3,VlO 3,364 2,042 fJ CRIMINAL 79 512 430 "61

CIVIL 7~730 7,417 6,650 8,497 CIVIL 437 661 563 535 JUVENILE .; 2,746 6,115 6,779 2,082 JUVENILE o o ( ° ° 8,081 2,009 794 897 139 ~~r~fI6~s 1,838 8,252 " 242 TOTAL 14,010 25,494 24,874 14,630 TOTAL 758 1,967 1,890 !('.~ DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT " .' PENDING CASES ~------T------~------~'---1------~~~~~~~~ENDING CASES DISPOSITIONS DISposfhoNS c '0 CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILI~,?S '" CASE TYPE PENDING c CASF.S FILINGS (:, .. '<:~ o , o , I) TRAFFIC 3,924 23,428 21,527 5,825 TRAFFIC 370 4,287 4,278 379 "'." , '" CRIMINAL,,, 3,080 9,978 8,865 4,193 \\ CRIMINAL 2,571 3,027 465 .0- I'

SM~L CLAIMS 12,170 30,517 31,600 11 ,087 SMALL CLAIMS 107 1,074 983 198 f , CIVIL 7,015 18,010 J7 ,054 ~ ,971 CIVIL 93 603 521 " 175 .: " Ci , JUVENILE 526 1,536 ,1,262 800 JUVENILE 161 868 782 247 d) \ \~, MUNICIPAL c G MUNICIPAL ,0 491 ! 112 , TMEEIC \, " TRAFFIC 73 530 MUNICIPAL ° ° '\ ° t4UNIC'IPAl CRIMINAL d ° 0 ° ° CRIMINAL 19 134 119 Ii) TOTAL 26,715 83,469 ~( 80,308 29,&76 TOTAL 1,744 10,067 1.9,201·' 1,610 ~--~c------~~------~--~~------~--~------~~~------J 34 '35 u r ~ ',-,: ct'! \ '~""/Vl ',' I tt- 1 .<1" " t':, ~ V U I' 0 , \ ',' e, <

D \ 0 TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 0' rLL ~ COFFEE COUNTY (t c ~ r PIKE COUNTY n ~ l . Ci rcu it Judges District Judge ,0 It Ci rcu it Judge,s District Judge Ri 1ey P. Green, Jr. , Presiding Ga ry L. MeA 1 i'l ey J Ri 1ey P. Green, Jr. , Presiding WJ11iam G, Hightower Terry L. Butts ~ J Terry L. Butts Clerk and Resister 1~ J 'w (f. (, .4 r-"'-1 Clerk and Register Court Reporters Court Reporters. -~ ,. Jim " Ellis r \\ I'-"'"'l... Wi 11 i am C. Stone ~ Weldon \/.1 ker ( Weldon Walker 0 " Davi d L. Roden David L. Roden " )J7Lr () 0 ~J/ ,~ P" C \\ ' r , ~ -, .~ f-- ~ I 1 (i, " .. ~ ., C - ~ " ; . 0 .. ;1 , ~ U .' UlJ lJ '-' i c, 'Oj/ - .. - ", '-' .. - , ~ ::.::\ , " I .... () c ~ " CIRCUIT COURT " 0 CIRCUIT COURT 0 :J I .. PENDING CASES PENDING CASES .. PENDING CASES PENDING CASES !I FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE/ITYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS (;"r CASE TYPE ! , '~G () I, (l:;O 0 0 ,) \ (.~ CRIMINAL 94 173 176 91 C ~~ I V' CRIMINAL 23 194 157 60 " " CIVIL 287 252 269 270 CIVIL 114 131 82 163 \ 0 JUVENILE i! 0 0 0 0 JUVENILE 0 0 0 0 , ~. " (. (1 ," " 552 563 72 ~ o' 83 188 ~~~AfI6~s di\ 83 ~~~~~I6~s-- 185 86 .... ~1:~' \ 0 " 0 '" 1,008 433 I TOTAL 220 513 c TOTAL 464 977 I 424 309" DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT c, (J :.:r. 0 ,~, 1 (it II r: c "\' PENDING CASES jIe PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS .. DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE PENDING CASES st.-lUNGS DISPOSITIONS f~ J' I:' - L' I 0 " 635 , '~ TRAFFIC 275 ,- 1,967 1,858 384 TRAFFIC 3.049 3,122 562 (it; (i 0 1,170 251 CRIMINAL 101 922 CRIMINAL 227 1,194 783 (. 240 ' c SMALL CLAIMS 4"41 1,541 1,380 602 SMALL CLAIMS 61 , 4.48 454 55 0

0 0 ~ c n " CIVIL 304 218 23(f CIVIL n 26 286 144 " 252 60 (, 'I JUVENILE 113 443 408 148 i JUVENILE 67 606 549 " u 124 MUNICIPAL " MUNICIPAL 'V -;,. 3 TRAFFIC 0 " <"- 0 0 0 TRAFFIC 0 3, 0 0 MUNICIPAL "- MUNICIPAL ~ c I " CRIMINAL CRIMINAL .r' \, '0 0 .) 0 0 0 0 " '" i 0 0 0 Ii!) -, (~) 1 0 I TOTAL 893 5,311 "- TOTAL 1,200 . 5,469 0 ~,053 1,616 " " ~~. 5,163 1,04l' 36 I -, 37 ------

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Ci rcu it Judges 0 T \ District Judges ...... ,,-L=' l ~ Josep~M. Hocklander, Dominick J. Matranga, I (, \ ~residing Thomas ~. Sweeney '--1~ ,> Robert E. Hodnette, Jr. Paul W. Brunson Elwood L. Hoggn Nicholas Kearney ~ll " • Braxton Kittrell ~ I'" r , 1 0 ,,/ 'J (f Ferrill D. McRae , ,j Charles H. Dodsorb, Jr. Circuit Clerk r· James E~ Strickland J ~ .....",/ " Michael Zog'hby Maurice Castle, Jr. -- ::~ I ~I Ca in" Kennedy

. (! 0 (~ I Register , CIRCUIT COURT (I j Court Reporters '. ! W. Elsworth Haughton l , , PENDING CASES PENDING CASES j ~ Kathy S. Elliott CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS <;, ! Sandra L. Chambless District Clerk " .. r" Julia Levinsky 1 " , Bonnie K. Spence George W. Edgar CRIMINAL "117 367, 333 151 t ,;tl I Carol D. Kokay , 1 Barbara W. Ausborn I (,t L. CIVIL J~01 383 351 433 i Me 1ody Cag 1e '. l Joyce A. S~sser I JUVENILE 0 " 0 0 I Loyce Bell ' 0 l. 'J 1 I I 166 740 748 0 158 ~~r~fT6~s o .'J .t.'1i ~I TOTAL 684 ,::;' 1,490 1,432 742 \ I~ ! ! I DISTRICT COURT \" (~ I '.1 " ~ " , \ , " PENDING CASES ff ." (/ \1) SMALL CLAIMS 502\\ D 1,989 0 1,834 657 \, oJ ' (7 CIVIL 170 590 470 ~ 290 " ~ G (\~ " JUVENILE n 180 1,049 957 272 0 0 MUNlct:IPAL .. TRAFFIC 3 20 " 22 1, 0 , MUNICIPAL D CRIMINAL 0 0 0 0 o , c:i " I " TOTAL ?,093 .~ () 10,78{ 10,216 2,657 A " ',I 38 '/0 ,t 39 .... i ------.M.' ,

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'0 "~,, 'J-' . v TH1RTEENTH JUDICIA~ CIRCUIT FOURTEENTH JUDICIA~ CIRCUIT rvt " WALKER COUNTY MOB I LE COUNTY \' o [) o 0 Circuit Judges District Judges J _. James C. Brothe rton, -P res i ding John L. Madison, Jr. * 0 James E. Wilson Horace H. Nation, I I J "\..~I a ~ TI' L! ...- ~ T. Leon Beaird " Clerk and Register ~),. ~ Court Reporters "--I'...,... ~ Sylv~s:ter Anton , ,1)J7"'-/-J~.(T~1_J °Joan Miskelley .. , ~ \ ~~ I 1 ~ , Ri ta K. Nichol son ;Bi 11 ie Jo Ingle } 0 U,,) ':":":. " .. --;;- --~--~----~------r -

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979 2,036 1,893 1,122 ;~ CRIMINAL 122 CRIMINAL Jet, 267 " CIVIL 2,561 3,062 2,622 3,001 CIVIL 490 010 JUVENILE 2.039 5,171 6,406 804 JUVENILE 35 • 369 4,587 1,174 g~r~~I62s 286 ggr~~TA~s 1 ,294 4,467 (1 - 657 ;:'.. TOTAL 6,873 14,736 15,508 6,101 TOTAL 933 1,703 DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT ~" PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILING'S DISPOSITIONS PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS 1',:,'

'~ Q TRAFFIC 646 8.418 8.493 571 ,{) 1.237 2,932 '.' 2,356 1.813

CRIMINAL '.' 281 1.044 , 6.998 6.600 1.442 1,667 1,587 I' 361 I" " SMALL CLAIMS " 5,973" 2.352 612 2.288 6.037 '-, 1,296 1,414, 494 CIVIL ,0 2.380 8.290 8,188 2.482 152 637 516 273 d=- o 1iJVENILE 0 '167 0 0 0 0 279 192 254" MUNICIPAL 0 0 TRAFFIC 0 0 0 0 0 o o oo , MUNICIPAL c::::=:::> a I' ~ CRIMINAL 0 0 " 0 0 0 o o o G " ° TOTAL 6,358 0 29,743 29,254 ';) 6,847 , 2,449 6,811 6,065 3,195 40 41 ------. , .--... _.. - ... -_-...----

Q . 1""""- - ttl " (, (r " " ! :..) " ," - FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUiT SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MONTGOMERY COUNTY \; e ETOWAH COUNTY ~ ~I (\ ~ Circuit Judges District Judges Clerk and Register I Circuit Judges District Court " - \~' Perry O. Hooper, Newman C. Sankey, Po 11 y Eubanks James B. Waid, Presiding Wayne Miller, Presiding "'" Presiding Presiding ,,, " 'I Robert E. Lewis Craig Mi ller District Clerk * ~ HObdy G. Rains *( John II. Davis ' Cyri I L. Smi th ~ ,ll'- Joseph D., Phelps Mark Kennedy Julius S. Swann, Jr. 'Clerk and Register . Sam W. Taylor Walter E. Graham l I • Randall Thomas Court Reporters _ ....--r.. ...A CourtnReporters Dolores N. Parsons }J7~ William R. Go.rdon .c ~<[-i~ Margaret }..( E. Denson Adkins ~~ Q r Lev" is" Wi mBe-r::jJey f.o-JI" I 1 \ Doyle Wayne May ~r ~ ~ ! Be,tty S. Kreamer ; ] ,Gloria J. Inman Ga i 1 Morgan' Larry J. Cross Raymond Penn U\. J i~ ~J Pat ric i a Cou t.tnev '.'.- '.'.- '1 0 I) 0 - 0 1,.\ " " CIRCUIT COURT I • CIRCUIT COURT 0 .-:::::::::, - PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS f CASE TYPE () FILINGS DISPOSITIONS '" 1 ,877 1 ,961 308 CRIMINAL 676 1.304 1,191 789 CRIMINAL 392 ...... ,.... _..... - ",, CIVIL 1.781 1,065 977 1,869 CIVIL 954 1,916 ,~,.;.-":'~~ "",1,861 1,009. ~, , 0 -'ll , = 0 JUVENILE 54 3,041 ((2 ,87~'i )1 217 JUVENILE 0 0 0 312 3,487 3,458 341 ~~r~tI6~s 660 1,J88 1,322 526 ~~~~tI6~s ,ff' :::...--:::..:::::' TOTAL 1,712 10,321 10,158 1,875 " TOT1\!,. 3,117 3,557 3,490 3,184 ';.J DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT ()

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,\, - )" TRAFFIC 1 , 151 16,160 13,984 3,327 TRAFFIC 1 216 5.749 (" 5.465 1 500 ~ CRIMINAL 554 4,607 4,144 1,017 CRIMINAL 702 1.927 1.960 669 SMALL CLAIMS SMALL CLAIMS 770 4,665 4,950 485' 479 I 1.114 1.186 407 \ J It-,,( CIVIL , '" CIVIL 619 3~809 4.087 341 I 650 / 1.301 1.393 55R 0 c::o '.; JUVENILE 0 0 0 0 o JUVENILE 587 1.214 1.091 710 MUNICIPAL III MUNICIPAL 0 TRAFFIC 12 74 i\ 76 10 TRAFFIC 0 0 0 , " MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL CRIMINAL 0 0 0 0 CRIMINAL 2 34 28 8 .' 0 TOTAL 11 TOTAL 0 3.094 29,241 27,165 5,170 , t 3,648 11 ,413 " ,199 3,862 42 ' 43 c

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" " , .', o \ 77 " " CRJMINAL 21 41 57 CRIMINAL '" 87 "175 184 78 Co '0 Ii CIVIL 39 i .' 71 73 28 : 63 , 119 117 " , CIVIL 61 , JUVENIL,E a 0 0 0 o JUVENILE 0 0 0 0,0 DOMES~6~ 26 _RELlli IS 42 33 35 g~~~~16~s 34 173 166 4,1 ,y 0 ~ TOTAL 77 190 ;'J 14fr 18~-, 182 ') 467 467 , TOTAL (~;.:.::;..../'" ['\A 11",( . DISTRICT COURT Ie,;' [) :'/ DISTRICT COURT " PENDING CASES ~ CASE TYPE PENDING CASES " FILINGS DISPOSITIONS PENDING CASES CASE TYPE ~ENDINp CASES FIUNGS DISPOSITIONS C1 c, c TRAFFIC 203 2.123 1.• 968 358 l~~ TRAFFIC 408 2.374 2~213 569 '- CRIMIN'AL 87 350 360 77' () <) " CRIMINAL 145 ,,705 662 198 " " () SMALL CLAn~~ ,'. J2 J69 _llR 3 ,SMALL CLAIMS 176 741 834 83 ~ }~, 0 CIVIL " 11 92 " 91 12 o CIVIL 20 196 168 48 ,;- " 0 JUVENILE; 4t c " 123 .. 106 58 JUVENILE 146 368 400 ' 114 MUNICIPAL .. " c 5 MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC 3 (, 3 5 TRAFFIC 109- 206 204 111 , MUNICIPAL . , ';:) MUNICIPAL CRIMINAL o· c· 0 0 ., o CRIMINAL 5 ", c 100 82 23 TOTAL 359 '2,860 2,706 " - TOTAL 0 1,009 4,69(}"" 4,553 1,146 44 () 45 ,.... ------~- . ---~------~

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0 0 o JUVENILE 0 0 JUVENILE 0 0 0 " 0 0

~ ~~r~fI~~s 11 94 65 40 ggrijI6~s 71 309 264 116 0 " ) 179 129 ; Toi)L 356 858 793 . 431 TOTAL 107 201 .,

() DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT a'" , PENDING CASES " ,. PENDING CASES PENDING CASES FILiNGS DI SPO'S ITIONS CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE ,~ '\ " .- ,f 1,277 452 , TRAFFIC 990 5.847 5.458 1.379 TRAFFIC 379 1.350 . '" c, CRIMINAL 221 891 . 729 3~,3 CRIMINAL 453 . 1 ~946 1,741 - 658 " 183 SMALL C~S-AIMS 446 431 694 SMALL CLAIMS 634' 1,341 1~706 269 c

() CIVIL 38 99 116 21 CIVIL ( 69 387 375 81 ,) G " ') c JUVENILE 4 344 299 49 JUVENILE 191 835 805 221 (\ MUNICIPAL MUNIOlPAL 0 0 0 TRAFFIC 114 209 207 116 c, TRAFFIC 0 , , MUNICIPAL (> , MUNICIPAL I CRIMINAL Q 0 c 0 0 CRIMINAL 5 100 82 23 , G '-' I,'. 'V " 3,115 1,088 TOTAL 2,456 10,665 ,;) " TOTAL 1,088 c 3,115 10,374 2,747· ,\ 47 46 1\ :--:l1!:.->------=::.--,-,. ------==-~ ------

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;'; EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT o COOSA COUNTY CLAY COUNTY 'tb Circuit Judge~ District Judge Circuit Judges District Judge KennethF. Ingram, Presiding Robert J. Teel, Jr. Kenneth F. Ingram, Presiding Robert J. Teel, Jr. Harold Walden Harold Walden,,:\ c' Clerk and Register Robert R. Armstrong, Jr. __ Rqbert R. Armstrong, Jr, ') Clerk and Register r- , ~ Gera ld Parker Court Reporters Robert Giddens ~A ~ Cour't Reporters

Rona I d C. Pope " "'-T----"-:lrw [J ~t Rona 1d C. Pope Martha J. Embry L~ / .. J ~ LJ- Martha J. Embry i--" lr' Beverl y K. Petty ~ev~ __ ------~,------v-- ~ ~------~~------

CIRCUIT COURT ( ( CIRCUIT COURT PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES ! PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS .' CASE TYPE " (-)-'", L_----+-----+---~--lr------I---"---t 100 ~n CRIMINAL 132. 143 55 (! CRIMINAL 23 '. ?1 ~ 34 34 CIVIL 103 54 24 133 CIVIL 21 o o o o JUVENILE o o o JUVENILE o ° " , lQ 108 112 I 32 88 78 42 23 246 76 TOTAL 267 285 157 . 395 TOTAL 67 255 :'." DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT PENDING CASES f PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYP,E FILINGS DISPOSITIONS , CASE TYPE PENDING CASES

'I i~ TRAFFIC 54 1,128 1,100. 82 l,lTruRA~FIF~IC~----_+--~4~7Ll--~--4-~3~.17~2~------~3~,.~38~0~------~'~~.----~ CRIMINAL 353 472 472 353 .,1 CRIMINAL 136 703 681 Ib 158 163 250 224 lRQ SMALL CLAIMS 303" 363 no SMALL CLAIM~ u 63 CIVIL 107 67 69 105 CIVlL 61 41 39 51, 79 80 50 JUVENILE 29 '. v 79 74 34 JUVENILE MUNICIPAL MUNIClPAL 94 255 c' - 250 99 TRAFFIC' o o o o TRAl!FIC 7 , 'MUNICIPAL !i? MUNICIPAL 14 21 28 CRIMINAL o o o o . , CRIMINAL II 4,682 829 TOTAL 713 2,049 2,078 684 TOTAL 990 4,521 48 49 .-'-·:"h· ,"-- ~- , -~------.~--- -

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1 PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS ..

,; ~~ (i "CRIMINAL 314 CRIMINAL 159 ~45 . 373. 331 c: " AOl 5?R "A7 , CIVIL 488 449 373 564 CIVIL 612 537 431 71A Cl

JUVENILE 0 0 '0 0 0 r JUVENILE 0 n "n '" n

230 565 490 f~ C ~~~r~fI6~s 285, 761 680 ~fin ~~r~fI6~s 305 "t:' '0' TOTAL 877 '1,559 1,236 " 1,200 TOTAL 1.211 2.099 1.639 1 .n71

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0 PENDING CASES "; C~ PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS ,'. CASE TYPE PENDING CASES" FILINGS DISPOSITIONS 0

" 1RAFFIC 337' 4 T04, 3.849 592. r TRAFFIC 862 8.404 8.329 937 u " 0 '" (,) CRIMINAL CRIMINAL 820 3,146 0' " 999 ~n~ n I{} 3.152 331 " 1 97·1 1 814 1 0 SMALL CLAIMS SMALL CLAIMS 702 1.874 '1 976 finn \ 1,035 2,427 2.563 RQQ " Q '0

CfVIL 730 " 0 CIVIL 562 961 745 778 ii', 1,069 853 .946 ", <: JUVENILE JUVENILE 305 628 490 ' C C- ,385' 786 644 527 443 0 MUNICIPAL c, MUNICIPAL " " " ", TRAFFIC ,0 0 0 0 TRAFFIC 94 255 250, 99 " . , MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL 0 , CRIMINAL 0 0 0 0 CRIMINAL 14 21 28 7 , TOTAL .~ " . TOTAL 3,940 16,108 2,237 n 9,538 9,059 2,716 15,81.9 4.229 "" 50 51 . !!.'

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,J ~------~~"~C"c~"------!~c . , 0 (." NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 0 AUTAUGA COUNTY " c ~ ~i CHILTON COUNTY " Ci rc~l.t Judges District Judge rt Circuit Judges District Judge Joe Macon, Presiding James E. Loftis Joe Macon, Presiding , Robert L. Bowers Wal ter C. Hayden, Jr. " -r Walter C. Hayden, Jr. Clerk and Register -, Clerk and Registe~ ~1 Court Reporters ~ Court Reporters Fred Posey ~ Morri s Moatts 1-:1 ---~ ....,( Jonn i eM. Logan ,~~ ~ Jonnie M. Logan l ~~ Norma L. Mar)'~:p- .I-~{/Y'~\ Norma L. Ma~n i-P" H1 ~ ~ .. ' " .' ( ( '-' ". . ,. . 0 ,':)" ::':'- U~J ------~'------~~~------U~~ D ~ ';;". "'" --- - CIRCUIT COURT -0 PENDING CASES PENDING CASES dt's,: TYPE FILINGS '1 DISPOSITIONS I>

.,,:.,.:,' CRIMINAL ',' 174 [ ~83 206 151 CIVIL 126 153 151 ,-""',128 JUVENILE a a a a _~~iI6&s 65 346 344 67 . TOTAL 365 682 701 346

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~.' 0 , PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS "

TRAFFIC 319 2 283 2,272 :l:lO

.~- CRIMINAL 270 1 891 1~763 3QR. SMALL CLAIMS 161 493 523 l3] CIVIL 78 , 183 147 114 '" .. JUVENILE 146 346 308 184 MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC a () a a MUNICIPAL , CRIMINAL a a 0 0 TOTAL 974 5,196 5,013 1,157 53 o ... -~------

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" <) ~'~~==:;:;=;==~-~--"------'m-N-'-N-ET-'F-E-NT-H-J-U-D-IC-I-A~:-C~IR-C-U-JI---v~~~"-0-~~:'~·L~,-,-"----.---' NINETEENTH JUDICIAL Cr!~RCUIT c:: ' ELMORE COUNTY " r=r CIRCUIT TOTAL . ~L Ci rcui t Judges J District Judge " ') 0 t? Itf" \) Joe Macon, Presiding Edwin Sanford T Q ~ Walter C: Hayden, Jr. " " 0 Clerk and Register \ j ~ ~ Court Re20rters " ~ t , B. J. Moody Jonn!e M. Logan ,ff'or ,.,( " I p, ~U ~ Norma L. Martin t- [ ~ ~ .' ; '.::' iJ L , .-~. - I r.'~------~------~~~~)------4 <[ , CIRCUIT COURT I <) CIRCUIT-;-'~OURT PENDING CASES I PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS I CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS

·,343 CRIMINAL 439 ~no 755 594 CRIMINAL 112 531 ("... 300 )~••. j .. II CIVIL 111 159 180 90 '. CIVIL 316 458 435 fF' 339 JUVENILE o JUVENILE'" 0 0 0 0 '" 0 c DOMESTIC ° .' ° RELATIONS 64 405 431 38 183 1,038 1,067 154 287 1,095 954 428 TOTAL 938 2,406 2,257 '-'1,087 TOTAL , 'fi " ~~-;' ~ DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT ~~, ( " PENDING CASES PENDING CASES ., CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS

" TRAFFIC. 134 2,010 -. 2,048 96 TRAFFIC 750 6,215 6,177 788 " . " CRIMINAL 183 ,~ .' 1,705 1,681 207 ( CRII\tINAL 574 41';'472 4,299 747 - .' SMALL CLAIMS 313 ,0 SMALL CLAIMS 117 599 -!J- 567 149 .1,422 1,370 365 < , CIVIL 71 281 280 72 CIVIL 184 786 709 261 ('J JUVENILE (( ", JUVENILE 217 1,125 1,055 347 74 c 467 465 76 . MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC , 17 494 433 78 TRAFFIC: 17 494 433 78 ":,:; " MUNICIPAL ~) MUNICIPAL 0 CRIMINAL 4 12 . CRIMINAL 4 12 10 6 " 10 6 I • it" . TOTAL 0 2,119 14,526 14,053 TOTAL 600 5,568 " '5,484 §84 ~ 2,592 I· 55 54 • I ~,._. ____.• ~ ____~ ___ ~~ ______~~ ______, __ .~~ _____.~_._~~_~~_~ __ il._~, ____ ~~ __ • "-"~-"-~-.~ .. --- "-~--.--~.---~----~.-.~.-~---'----" ~--.-- .------.- . ~ -~----

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Jerry M. White, Presiding Joseph J. Mas~ers Jerry M. White, Presiding Billy Joa Sheff)eld " ~ Ii Don P. Bennett 1\ " \J Don P. Bennett I ,..,. J. Ronald Storey Clerk and Re9ister ,..,.,~ J. Ronald Storey Circuit .Clerk ~ Court Reporters Marvin D. Murphy ~ I~ Court Reporters Jul ia L. Trant _r-fL <) .... l ~i "'--77...... ·(11'-"'"1' "'I"'" ~ '; Hen ry C. Lowrey, Jr. Register ~ William E. Moegelin ~ l L Henry~. J~. ~~L0~rn.J', ,Wi I! iam E. Moegel in , F--!?"u 1 Lowrey, P Erwin G. Scott I .. !=- R , ~ Erwin G. Scott Elizabeth A. Cummings ("

UlJp~ kJ~) ~ ,; " I "'i, '. , '. " (J '" t( 0 CIRCUIT COURT " " ( CIRCUIT COURT i) (::) ,. PEN'DING CAQES PENDING CAS~S c PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS " . CASE TYPE " , FILINGS DISPOSITIONS • , "' 135 (\ , CRIMINAL 37 r;- D8 40 " CRIMINAL 7~~ ~68 < 876 171 , CIVIL 72 55 58 69 I, 0.- CIVIL. 34(\ 602 553 389 4 'i " JUVENILE 10 102 I 108 Ii 1 11 JUVENILE " 635 622 134 L") 121 II 49 170 175 44 , j~AfI6ijs , 0 .. 11 Co 486', 1,417 <' 1,455 448 252 f7. TOTAL 168 465 '-381 i TOTAL 1,026 !l, 3,622 3,506 s >:/ 1 142 DISTRICT COURT "."1 0 , " - DISTRICT COURT :1 PENDING CASES I ~ ! CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILI~GS DISPOSITIONS c ,I PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING ':ICASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS I,', ]P./) 'I', 69 744 707 ~o " TRAFFIC " ;! TRAFFIC 737 4,609 4,463 8830 \.,c~'1jj CRIMINi-\L 74 624 615 '0 83 ',I, .,1, . CRIMINAL, 346 \\ 2,926 2,562 710 . .j SMALL CLAIMS 179 529 574 134 1'i SMAL{ CLAIMS 396 1'1 1,6'24 1,474, 546

u 60 98 81 77 II: Itl CIVIL ,;:" CIVIL~ 302 "'I 777 774 305 i' JUVENILE 0 0 0 0 iI JUVENILE " c 0 .1 " Q ., 0 0 MUNICIPAL 0 . 0 ~RAFFIC 0 0 MUNICIPAL " 0 '!\ 3 0 3 \" " MUNICIPAL -.IBAEElt 0 0 I I, , CRIMINAL 0 Gi 0 " I MUNICIPAL CRIMINAL 0 " "" 0 0 0 n ," 400 " 1,995 1,977 .. ) TOTAL 382 ~\ ~ TOTAL 1,781 9,939 9,273 r- 2,447 56 (

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o 0 0 0 " <~\ e- ., '~J I) 0 O. .. 0 " - I , ~~ENTY-SECOND ~UDICIAL CIRCUIT p:::r . COVINGTON COUNTY " ,. TWENTY-TH IRD JUD I CIAL CJR~U IT '1 0 Circuit Judges District Judge ~ MADISON COUNTY Ii 0 "

1t T. Morris \j ~ _C i rcu it Judges Di strict Judges Court Reporters " F. Murland Smith, Presiding Ch~rles Wi 11 i am H. Baldwin 1-t 0 " U Clerk and Register John David Snodgrass, Dan W. McCoy John H. Camp, Jr. ~ I'. " " 0 Hartwell Lutz Robert E. Stamper Court Reporters,. . (/ ~ Presiding "- ~ Danie.l B. 'Banks, J'r. Darlene M. Kemp l'-tL " Ray ~ozeni'an (J o ~ John W. Green, Jr. CircuIt 'Cle'rk<) ~ ~~ BobbieA. Nichols Al ice M. Sweeney Ronald U. Embry ~ William D. Page Bobb i e C. ,Norman " " .-' - ...l S. A. Watson} Jr. Hi 11 y D. Harbin 0 A~ o.'Ha rr i son 0 Thomas N. Younger r, ~~f~ ( J/ ~ \ i Register ,. " ':..':' ~r' o~ U~~ 0 '.jl(j ; 0 Dovi e HcCo 11 urn -;;'';' - ,] !\ U n "_"o_ s .0 o' " \. '0 I I , 0 CIRCUIT COURT 0 !'. G / ~ CIRCUIT COURT PENDING CASES PENI)INGCA~ES !iJ CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS PENDING CASES' .. PENDING CASES -' 1\ I' CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS~, " ., CRIMINAL 102 .. 282 149 235 c I c " ~ ~ " ;;; j' CRIMINAL ~51 F".C>' ~64 983 232 CIVIL 159 '232 212 17.9 1; ., j CIVIL 1.1S4 1.492 1.579 ,--- 1.067 . " 0 JUVENILE 0 I' 0 ~ 0 - o ! Q 1 :)1 0

Q f) DISTRICT COURT PENDING. CASES I 0 0 c CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS C) DISPOSITIONS PENDING CASES G I, .:~ 'GR1-SE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS . v I . TRAFFIC 100 1,703 1,374 429 I ., v " c D " 0 TRAFFIC . 1 .277 4.773 4.287 1 .763 CRIMINAL 52 1,062 988. 126 \" " r7- " 0 i CRIMINAL rJ C 597 2 609 2 319 88_1 SMALL CLAIMS 379 786 G 619 546 l~ , " (";) (b ,,- SMALL CLAIMS 574 3 862 3 973 463 CIVIJf~ 268 214 184 298 \ ,~ " 0 L r ';\, :}? CIVIL 591 2.725 2.791 519 JUVENILE II . 430 . 188 \f;j 523 281 "

9 MUNICIPAL n .""\. JLWENILE 0 ,- 0 " 0 0 " 0 0 0 0 0 TRAFFIC \t MUNICIPAL " MUNICIPAL " , TRAFFIC ' 0 0 ,,::c.' 0 0 CRIMINAL Q -;,~ 0 0 0 0 " " j MUNICmAL " , !J " CRIMINAL 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL ~87 4.,288 3,595 . 1,680 ~: j.

0 . \ , ' TOTAL 3,,039 13 969 13,376. 3,632 . I (.. " 9 60 , I

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TWENTY-FOURTH., . JUQICIAL! CIRCUIT ~. TWENTY-FOURTH JUD IC IALjlRCU IT p::f FAYETTE COUNTY LAMAR COUNTY"'" ~ 0 (\ J L " Circuit Judge District Judge Circuit Judge District Judge I

Clatu5 K. Junkin, Presiding David M. Enslen 0 Clatus K. Junkin, Presiding William 0 O. Winston

0 Court Reeorter Clerk and Re9ister (l Clerk and Register ({J . Reporter , II . M . ' n ~ ~~

fr . - 93 TRAFFIC 87 1.381 1.375 TRAFFIC 95 1.012 954 153 u \ ; 0 CRIMINAL 108 ,. 560 543 125 CRIMINAL a 99 751 774 - (j (i 76 " ~ .. SMALL CLAIMS 42 569' 562 49 SMALL CLAIMS ~. 64 314 248 130 u c, 82 20 ;;., 'CIVIL 18 84 " CIVIL 19 52 . 56 15

~ " () 1"u; 0 JUVENILE 5 359 363 JUVENILE -' 0 ~, '. 19 108 112 15 MUNICIPAL i\ MUNICIPAL TRAFFTC: 8 690 600 " 98!~,-- TRAFFIC ) 49 310 320 39 11 MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL G CRIMINAL 1 291 261 31 11\ CRIMINAL 77 199 238 38

<:;-. TOTAL 269 3,934 3,786 417. TOTAL 422 2,746 2,702' . 466 62 6~ - ~---~ ------

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c " - Presiding B. G. Robison, Jr. ~':....',. ~ Clatus K. Junkin, f:-:;I " ") Cl \1 " ~ Court Reporter Clerk and Re9ister I , ~~~ ~, ~ ~ Lisa Elmo"e James E. Floyd ,

11 <>, ~~ ~. 0 lJ~l-LH .. 1--'" [ , D ; --,~UJ4 ( rr) ~ ~.. u~J [] ; ,-- - U,) c;:::? f,1 \,~ -",'0_ \) , Q , CIRCUIT COURT (, -, 'e: CIRCUIT COURT PENDING CASES , PENDING CASES CASE TYPE FILINGS DI SOP OS IT! ONS PENDING CASES PENDING CASES 0 I jI CASE TYPE FILINGS ,- - DISPOSITIONS " . CRIMINAL 83 ~ 36 107 12 - CRU-HNAL 160 ~50 252 58 CIVIL 40 ~ 89 81 48 CIVIL 117 303 276 144 " JUVENILE ' 0 0 0 0 , JUVENILE 1 2 3 0 ~~r~fI6~s 27 141 148 20 <::;, c 0 ~~r~~I6~s 44 408 380, 72 ,TOTAL 150 266 336 80 TOTAL 322 863 '" 911 274 0 DISTRICT COURT '" DISTRICT COURT c' I u I PENDING CASES I CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS , Ie PENDING CASES " CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS . ,j \ II I TRAFFIC 275 1,750 1,444 581 I " : -. TRAFFIC 457 4,143 3,773 827

c u ,~ ~, CRIMINAL 45 465 0 379 131 Q .. n' CRIMINAL 252 1,776 1,696 332 , SMALL CLAIMS 382 332 150 100 "~ I SMALL CLAIMS 206 1,265 1,142 329 ,~I ~ CIVIL 41 131 121 51 I ~ " ,j CIYIL 78 267 259 ' 86 .\ JUVENILE 30 169 174 25 , C" ~r; JUVENILE i " MUNICIPAL 0 Ie,[, .' 54 636 649 41 TRAFFIG 0 , 0 0 0 0 I MUNICIPAL " " ... I MUNICIPAL I TRAFFIC 57 1,000 Q20 137 , CRIMINAL 0 - 0 0 0 MUNICIPAL , , j , -- CRIMINAL 78 490 499 69 " , u TOTAL 491 2,897 '2,450 938 i 0 l' r\ TOTAL 1,182 9,577 8,938 l,821 64 r~ 65 - ... ------~------~ ------~:'~.: --~---.~~~

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0 WINSTON COUNTY Ci rcui t Jud~es District Judge " (,1 Ci rcu it Judges District Judge o !

:;) Carlton Mayhall, Jr., Presiding Edward P. Fowler i \"j Bobby R. Aderholt v Carlton Mayhall, Jr., Presiding , Elwood Rut ledge r-'" Ci rcu it Cl'e rk C" Bobby R. Aderholt Court Reporters M Circuit Clerk 0 r Pride Gann ~ Court Reeorters ~", Ross R. Wright " f' ~ j " Waymon W. Elam L Jimmie Short Register ~IZ:.r~ Ill/---' rA Ross R. Wright " i--I>" B , ~ ). liW hi Jimmie ,~hort Register Willouise Harper , I 10-'" L 1 '4 ~ (. Joyce 'Martin U~ ,] i \\ .... '. - G U';;"'.'-

I' , CIRCUIT COURb CIRCUIT COURT '" PENDING CASES ''''~ PENDING CASES c' 0 j " CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS l PENDING CASES PENDING CASES I 'CASE TYPE = FILINGS DISPOSITIONS " " " 304 " CRIMINAL 175 '212 83 D J CRIMINAL 65 £~61 109 ",; )7 ) Co' 254 212 275 ,~~~-'--- CIVIL 233 f:) ~ ,:., ~'42' " <' f)-, .' CIVIL ,~." 108 146 136 118 I, , JUVENILE a a a a , " If JUVENILE a rr: 0 a a \I a RELATIDOMES162s 152 343 294 201 % t:", ( ,~~r~iI6h "~ 136 266 278 124 809 589 780 TOTAL 560 Q TOTAL .0 "309 473 523 259 DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT :;,:I{{, " PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS'"' DISPOSITIONS PENDING CASES

~ CASE TYPE PENDING CASES .:" FILINGS DISPOSITIONS v , TRAFFIC 1,606 2,795 2,204 2,197 u ~ TRAFFIC 324 1,965 1,758 531 6 CRIMINAL 653 1,053 . 812 894 0 . ( CRIMINAL 295 1,,339 1,357. 277 SMALL CLAIr4S 540 397 339 598 SMALL CLAIMS 324 331 377 278 CIVIL 234- v.';:; 148 158 224 '~ CIVIL 135 149 156 128 JUVENILE 208 236 425 19 I,

(r JUVENILE v 40 63 84 19 'MUNICIPAL " 0 ~ ,.IRAEEIC a a a a a a MUNICIPAL ':. , " a 0 a 0 a MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC 0 CRIMINAL a a a a MUNICIPAL CRIMINAL 0 .' a a 0 f TOTA~, 3,241 4,629 3,938 3,932 . 6 (. TOTAL 1,118 3,847 3,732 1,233

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Ii ~, 1\ ~) CIRCUIT COURT " '0 CI RCU IT COURT ~ PENDING CASES PENDING CASES ii PENDING CASES PENDING CASES (~ CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS J

0 " " , CRIMINAL 237 '667 705 CRIMINAL 240 ~73 192 321 ( ~ti C " CIVIL 244 295 308 CIVIL 341 400 348 393 0 - 0 c' "'- " JUVENILE 0 0 0 o JUVENILE 0 0 0 0 DOMESTIC (. '. 'j ~~r~fi6~s 298 610 682 226 ,RELATIONS 288 609 572 325 ('i ,. " iI TOTA~ 779 1,572 1,695 656 TOTAL '. 869 1,282 1,112 1,039 " \ 1 " . ! DISTRICT COURT ! DISTRICT COURT r------~------r------~r------~~PE=N=DI=N=G~C=A=SE=S~""" " ':.' PENDING CASES CASEaTYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS Q DISPOSITIONS 1 " " " 330 3,690 c TRAFFIC TRAFFIC 1.930 4,760 3,962 2,728 r~..' 0 [) , CRIMINAL 162 1,552 CRIMINAL ,-, 948 2,392 2,169 1,171 ( , , cSMALL CLAIMS '" 205 728 ., SMALL CLAIMS (ji 864 ., 728 716 876 n , " " 0 0 (~ CIVIL 147 403 CIVIL 0 369 2fJ7 314 352 0 ~ JUVENILE ,~ 67 " 930 JUVENIL.I~ n ( 248 299 509 38 MUNICIPAL. MUNICIPAL " 'to 0 . TRAFFIC 0 , TRAFFIC 0 0 D , ~\/0 0 '. MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL , CRIMINAL 0 0 CRIMINAL 0 (? 0 0 0 " '.' '0 TOTAL 911 7,303 TOTAL c' 4,359 8,476 7,670 ' . 5,165 0 0 69 ,. .-.---~- -~.~~ -~-- "- ~,...::;-~-:_ .... -~._::_:=;~.:-""-£!i\> -~ .~-- ~<-. , ...... - . -. '\~' -::.", . " \) C' . C~

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Q l"\ -.l TWENTY-SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (", .--:.----\~~---======"==. C< ,., Q) " MARSHALL COUNTY . t:f. TWENTY-EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 0 e (( ; ~J..- Circuit Judges Di stri ct JUQge BALDWIN COUNTY " Clark E. Johnson, Jr" Presiding Melvin E. Grass Ci rcui t Judges Di str i ctJudges William D. Jetton Circuit Clerk 4 Harry J. Wilters, Jr., Presiding Arthur C. Epperson, Presiding r-'""U '\-;;..-0....,-,.--,' Wi I son Hayes ' Court Reporters ( Phyllis S. Nesbit II.! (. ~ Jean A. Scott ~ , (--1', Sallie Gunter ~ Court R~porters Circuit Clerk Oleta M. Godwin Refilister )1Z~ ~ Lou Ann' ~ossi . Eunice B. Blackmon t--" I ~ " H. Jack Thompson Reg; sitei'" : .J ~ , hJ .-U Eunice G. Tindal

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0 , CIRCUIT COURT c· <" ( CIRCUIT COURT " PENDING ~E~ PENDING CASES ( CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS ~~r-l",-----r--:P::E::-;::NDI NG CASES PENDING CASES - (I CASE TYP,E FILINGS DISPOSITIONS , CRIMINAL 311 424 383 0 352_ " CRIMINAL 433 ~466 391 508 CIVIL 529 527 481 515 o 381 640 521 500 JUVENILE 0 0 0 0 d!c c DOMESTIC ~ENILE 0 0 0" Jl ]]()~ 219 1,034 GOO .RElAT li 253 Q (' 238 1~231 1~188 281 TOTAL 1,059 l,98B- 1~86,4 " 1...1180 '0 0 TOTAL 1 !,052 2,3,37 2,100 1,289 DISTRICT COURT" () DISTRICT COURT PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS ,~. " ,,' D TRAFFIC 521 2~787 2 8:L4. 47A CRIMINAL 662. 2,871 2 701 ('J 832 c SMALL CLAIMS 780 \ 947 1...!.,137 5QO

CIVIL 294 596 521 ::l6c) c

0 JUVENILE '£09 " 689 542 356 (j , c.: MUNICIPAL 0 ..IMEill 0 44 31 13 0 MUNICIPAL I 0 , CRiMINAL 0 43 33 10 0 TOTAL 2~466 7,97T 7,},799 2..2,644

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I} c , " " ')a , (i ... ;,,,, a THIRTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT THIRTIETH JUDICIAL.CIR,CUIT ~ ST. CLAIR COUNTY I W CIRCUIT TOTAL 0 .... L Ci Feu it Judges District Judge 1(: {L. ~ '0 Cha r1 es L. Kerr H. E. Holladay, Presiding \ ., I Carl D. NeSmith '-.11 .- '\'--l.. I .' Clerk and Register ,~ .' '. r~ l"... Court Reporters \ ( .. .- \ I Norman Smith 0 ~ " " __....I~ Enoch ~., Pike \. ~~. c'.' .,()

~~T'I ~. ~~~ C , 0 \\ \I (I (l u ' \.J " ..... - ". bt·- 0 I:) " ., , ,. - ,(,' ( CIRCUIT COURT CIRCUIT COURT " 0 ,. " ~ PENDING CASES ,. PENDING CASES -CI:!.\ PENDING CASES t PENDING CAS~; 0 DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE FILINGS {, ., - ,- \1 231., b;- tRIMINAL 234 283 385 231 ,161 ·224 CRIMINAL c ,i'- \ 176 I! " 290 257 371 CIVIL 437 " 409 536 310 ,CIVIL \ C/ a o \. JUVENILE 0 0 °0 0 JUVENIL~ " .,' 0 . f o 87 dl'~g4 c~~r~¥i62s 92 470 ~~r~¥i6~s 149 " 763 ., 158 I,0 ~; 1,072 I)" 417 1,675 699 TOTAL 940 TOTAL 820 1,554

0 ,. ~ DISTRICT COURT (.( DISTRICT COURT " " ( ., ') PENDING CASES c PENDING CASES CASE TYPE l'ENtJING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE PENDING CASES' FILINGS DISPOSITIONS (l " \) n ? - n ,. ,-' ;;i 512 2,296 I:' 2,214 TRAFFIC 591 4,603 4,295 899 u 430 TRAFFIC .'J r, l! ~': 0 c 131 ~JO 192 1,236 1,297 CRIMINAL 204 2,150 2,109 245 CRIMINAL ~ 0 , 0 82 SMALL CLAIMS, 121 478 517 SMALL CLAIMS 193 914 972 135 , .~\ 0 338 " 60~ CIVIL 176 551 588 139 CIVIL 83 " 315 u '. , 25 c I) 160 JUVENILE 390 364 90" JUVENILE ,'I ' 30 155 c 64 "- '0 " MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL 0 0 0, a 0 a TRAFFIr. 94 143 151 86 TRAFFir. J '/ MUNICIPAL <'1 C,., cHUNICIPAL 0 0 0 -. 55 52 9 ' '" 0 ., n CRIMINAL 6 CRIMINAL .. 0 - c 810 ~ 4,480 4,526 TOTAL 1,328 8,806 " 8,531 1,603 TOTAL 856 , ~ I;f c!J 74

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0 . C - 0 THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL C1RCUIT " THIRTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT " COLBERT" COUNTY CULLMAN COUNTY ~() (j ~ 'he Circuit Judges (,'/ " District Judge' Circuit Judges District Judge Q l(\ D .~ Q r0- Inge Johnson, PreSs id i ng Jerry M. Vanderhoef r'" J Jack C. eRiley, Presiding t', ~ Robert A. Sapp, " <':J . • .'. .~ N. Pride Tompkins '.1,1 . Clerk and Register 4 ~ Fred c. Fo"Jsom Clerk and Register

C {j Q ~j -~ Court Reporters ~ Court Reporters" 0 , Sara Blackwerl c) Ruth Gasser t;±r ";.A , Shirley Johnson 0 ~ll .r-A Roy L. Graham lJ7 ~ Louise R. B.ridges ). ~4, I !-( Cynth i a Schoepf District Clerk ~ ,.. [,,' 1"1 0 ~~ r" ~ .'. Jeane 11 Raney '. ; . , [J~J " ':;. u~J" - II --.- ----=-'

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" CIRCUIT COURT ( CIRCUIT COURT c? u 0 " PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES c IJ CASE T'(PE " FILINGS DISPOSITIONS .. CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS .' '\' s -- d 'c) ,', c -- :.~ . .' 56 CRIMINAL 40 342 325 57 CRIMINAL 69 236 249 (, .

. Q " ' 522 489 601 CIVIL 319 287 323 28'3 -' CIVIL 574 " " " \ l~1 n JUVENILE 0 0, JUVENILE (:-} 0 0 a (, ° ° " ° Q 0 774 129 136 636 636 136 g~r~¥I62~ 201 . 702 ( '\.~~r~¥I6~s . Ll " 0 476 -~"-~ 1,460 1,512 792 I ,. TOTAL 495 1,265 1,284 TOTAL Q §44 r.l .~.< " \ a q ,J , " Q " a DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT Ci 0 . I -- 0) 0 PENDING CASES (\ PENDING- CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS PENDING CASES ~":;::~, CASE TYPE (I 0 ~'-'~\~ , " ,."",! '.:;. '. ., "-c, .. 848 TRAFFIC 203 3,089 3,087 20'5 TRAFFIC .. 6,174 6,112 910 " 1,428 171 CRIMINAL 802" 2~712 2,634 880 CRIMINAL ] 51 1 ,448 (, -;: " SMALL CLAIMS 61 1,038 1,049 50 SMALL CLAIMS 704 l78 823 659 0 "",' ~ ". " ',-' " "- ';~ )) 624 598 CIVIL 121 " 572 581 112 CIVIL ,,738 484 'd 0 JUVENILE, 57 273 260 70 JUVENILE 221 . 1,045 733 533 MUNICIPAL 0 fliUNICIPAL Ii 0 0 0 TRAFFIC 0 0 l 0 0 TRAFFIC ,. MUNICIPAL ° , MUNICIPAL '" 0 lfi 0 CRIMINAL 0 0 0 , 'i CRIMINAL ° ° ° 6,405 . 608 TOTAL 3,313 11,193 10,926 3,580 TOTAL 593 6,420 (1 .. - \\ . '.' 76 " 77 Q I ------~----~----~-~------

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() CIRCUIT COURT ( CIRCUIT COURT PENDING CASES PENDING CASES:' 'J PENDING CASES PENDING CASES CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS .' ~' CRIMINAL G 34 '71 61 44 CRIMINAL 47 535 " 515 67 c (I ,:c;; CIVIL 131 102 101 132 '. r=~~~--~~~~----~--~~"~--~----~----~---~~--- " < -- CIVIL 137 0 1-71 161 147 " 'JUVENILE 0 0 0 0

'0 0 0 'J JUVENILE 0 0 2~DOM~?T!f .. RELAttlJl'l~ 61 228 " 225 64 177 840 876 l41 ~~r~~I62s - TOTAL 226 " 401 387 240 TOTAL 361 1,546 1,552 355 0 DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT PENDING CASES DISPOSITIONS () PENDING CASES FILINGS /-/-/ CASE TYP~ PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS " (·b 1,000. ~' 344 ':; 1.164 TRAFFIC 253 2,262 2,286 229 0:.- 2::: 1,368 1,267 331 CRIMINAL c,243 1,162 0 1,210 195 728 883 126·. " SMALL CLAIMS 46 465 '415 96 a 169 154 58 " CIVIL 32 264 245 51 " 277 238 114 JUVENILE ~ "; 48 342 377 13 c.:: ~\ ,7 '~ 44 0 MUNICIPAL ,0 ~) ',' 58 " 90 83 65 TRAFFIC 0 \) MUNICIPAL - 6 21 Jo) , CRIMINAL 92 26 I 25 93 973 .- ~ - ~ ______~~~ ______-L~3,719 3,607 " TOTAL " 772 4,611 4,641 742 79 " 78 \ " , ------.,. ~ ..

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\ __ 1 'J ~ . Court Reporter ~ .P Circuit Clerk r-' () IS «1.:--,) I '@ - 0 ~ , ~~ Robert E. Rice Joe(I Newton ~ ~ < ~. 'J") ). /\r,~~j .fucgister 1 f-I" [J 'I I- r:-~ d I-ll"r ( " 'i ; Grace M. Smith . I~) c " U,] " c '-";"- U\] (> • .:;;;-~ - u 0 .. ') "- !;' . ~ ( ; CIRCUIT COURT CIRCUIT COURT c .' PENDING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES c CASE" TYPE ;) PENDING CASES c [ FILINGS CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS " DISPOSITIONS ,. CRIMINAL 45 CRIMINAL 81 606 576 111 ~91 137 99 CIVIL 1m CIVIL 268 27)3 262 279 ?72 240 v -- ", 139 JUVENILE n JUVENILE 0 o . 0 0 0 .2~r~¥I6~s 0 0 lIiA 355 ~@r~ffA~s 238 1,068 1,101 205 - ( 383. 130 ,. TOTAL TOTAL 587 1,947 1,939 595 " 310 818 . " " 0760 368 .' DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT 0 0

.~. PENDING CASES 'l' CASE TY~ PENDING CASES " PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASFS FILINGS DISPOSITIONS c FILINGS DISPOSITIONS j ", "~ .. .. , TRAFFIC '," .., I 317 TRAFFIC 433 3.426 3.286 573 161 2.086 CRIMINAL '1 392 c. 436 1 560 CRIMINAL 373 2.530 2.477 526 ( 1.581 415 '. ,--. SMALL CLAIMS " , " , tv 181 617 SMALL CLAIMS 327 1,193 1,2'98 222 678 120 CIVIL c , 77 0 216 CIVIL 75 433 399 109 225 68 JUVENILE " JUVENILE 475 602 '. ~-'~ 123 619 615 127 MUNICIPAL 424 ., 653 MUNICIPAL ,TRAFFIC 352 .' Q .. ~ M ·1 217 TRAFFIC 95 97 127 65 UNICIPAL 1.215 354 , MUNICiPAL CRIMINAL 171 CRIMINAL 107 32 46 93 1 071 1 016 TOTAL 428 2 .~ll 7 444 TOTAL 1.633 8,330 8,248 '. 1,715 7.225 2,430 81 F7 80 o ...• , ..••.. c ~L_ .. _. .. - - ~ ..,-_.~r~~·'~ __ ·_"· ------1:'. .... - ---'"----~-- --~

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0 - ~'\b '~U' " . ') T\. .-.J THIRTY-FI~TH JUDICI~L CIRCUIT THIRTY-FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT " CONECUH COUNTY (' MONROE COUNTY 'R Q . 0 " ~ L_ Circuit Judge District Judge ,~, t:T~ ,U:;,,' Circuit Judge District Judge 0 r}. (1 ... Robert E. L. Key~ Presiding (vacant) Robert E. L. Key, Presiding James B. Watson ~ Clerk and Reltister * ~ Court Reporter u ( ~ Clerk and Register " ~ '. ill. ~ Court Reporter Dor is L. Bowers J~n E." Baggett h , Doris L. Bowers John M. Sawyer r-J1. rl \';. - '(i _1'-1'"'1"" rA " (!~. :~ C, ~ «. :) ~~r ~ L-1H .-,' (' Il! , I D "

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" .; PENDING CASES " PENnING CASES PENDING CASES PENDING CASES ) u , ; CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS :::. CASE TYPE FILINGS DISPOSITIONS " ", c CRIMfNAL 40 115 101 54 CRIMINAL 80 103 112 71 CIVIL 99 99 82 116 "'. CIVIL 128 152 177 103. a , 0;:'. JUVENILE 0 () 0 II 0 0 JUVENILE 0 0 0 0 130 255 245 140 g~~~fT6~s 34 110 105 39 .~~r~fI6~s " ',' ';) . , TOTAL 173 324 288 209 TOTAL 338 510 534 314 cO DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT 0 I (7 PENDING CASES PENDING CASES_ . , CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS DISPOSITIONS f~ CASE TYPE PENDING'. CASES FILINGS DI SPOSITrQNS 'I{':~ '" c::J \ TRAFFIC, 352 1.519 1_320 551 TRAFFIC 422 1,487 1,466 443 ;;,,, ( CRIMINAL 234 1,215 1,19] CRIMINAL 169 546 529. 0' 186 258 , SMALL ,;CLAIMS 168 584 -0502 250 , SMALL CLAIMS 231 661 700 192 CIVIL CIVIL 71 . 117 76 112 , 69 123 71 121 ) " \ " I' .. JUVENILE 107 281 208 JUVENILE 123 177 74 'J 226 '\\( 180 , MUNICIPAL ~~~ICIPAL 0'1 IAFFIC 0 0 0 '\ 0 TRAFFIC 26 0 145 139 32 c \ ". MUNICIPAL , MUNICIPAL =-~ CRIMINAL 0 0 0 0 CRIMINAL 1 12 12 ' 1

; TOTAL c TOTAL 883 2,943 2,50.1 1,325 " 1,090 3,924 3,'787 . 1,227 82 83 , - r----·- ~.--, ,- ----~------:::

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" LAWRENCE COUNTY I '-'- " ~I r1.. Ciredit Judge District Judge " r- 0 "

I Bill Y C. Burney, Presiding James E. Fardor b "\ Ii ,~ ~ Court Reporter Clerk and Register .:/~' h L I' \) i) " ':J ""---'1t,.r-, ~ I Leon R. Eaves Larry Smith ;, , " ~ . ~' ( -~42-r~ . o J ~ ';" .-'i.£, c '~ " CIRCUIT COURT - " 0 " ~ u PENDING CASES PENDING CASES " CIRCUIT COURT CASE TYPE -, FILINGS DISPOSITIONS I PENDING CASES " PENDING CASES CASE TYPE ~ FILINGS DISPOSITIONS \~:~(l) CRIMINAL 120 ?18 213 125 ( ::" " "

' , () " 7 ~15 225 97 CIVIL 227. 251 2p9 219 I.. CRIMINAL /1 ~ JUVENILE " o o o o CIVIL 91 {I 307 286 - 112 DOMESTIC 0 0 a 0 RELATIONS 164 365 350 179 ( JUVENILE " ',' () {I TOTAL 511 834 822 523 g~r~fI6~s 35 240 256 19 ()

" \ -0 (l TOTAL 133 862 I, 767 228 DISTRICT COURT C " -- ( DISTRICT COURT , '" PENDING CASES ,. ,,3 FILINGS ,DI SPOSITIONS " ~ PENDING CASES CASE TYPE PENDING CASES FILINGS II DISPOSITIONS ~ " r TRAFFIC , " 426 2.210 ~, 530 106 c' "'1.1 " CRIM.INAL 238 1,255 'II 1,376 117 v .j ')\ '" SMALL CLAIMS I 156 431 II 491 96, !G 'I CIVIL 52 152 130 74

" I'" . " Q THIRrY-NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT I, I LIMESTONE COUNTY .~ Ci .!:cu it·' Judge Distriti' Judge D Presiding D. L. Rosenau, Jr. !/ ,.;;: Clerk and Register I1· I Frances Rogers I

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