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2017 Code of Alabama
Title 13A - CRIMINAL CODE.
Chapter 5 - PUNISHMENTS AND SENTENCES.
Article 2 - Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole.
Section 13A-5-55 - Conviction and sentence of death subject to automatic review.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 13A-5-55 (2017)
Section 13A-5-55Conviction and sentence of death subject to automatic review.
In all cases in which a defendant is sentenced to death, the judgment of conviction shall be subject to automatic review. The sentence of death shall be subject to review as provided in Section 13A-5-53.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-178, §17.)
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