2014 Code of Alabama
Title 12 - COURTS.
Chapter 22 - APPELLATE PROCEEDINGS.
Section 12-22-133 - Retention of jurisdiction by trial court.

AL Code § 12-22-133 (2014) What's This?
Section 12-22-133Retention of jurisdiction by trial court.

Where an appeal is taken from the judgment of any municipal, district or circuit court in criminal cases, the trial court retains jurisdiction for the purpose of granting a motion for a new trial and also retains jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing its judgment where the appeal is dismissed before the judgment of the appellate court is entered.

(Code 1923, §3251; Code 1940, T. 15, §382.)

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