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2019 Code of Alabama
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.
Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue.
Article 2 - Change of Venue.
Section 15-2-21 - Change on motion of trial judge.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 15-2-21 (2019)
Section 15-2-21Change on motion of trial judge.
On his own motion, a trial judge may, with the consent of the defendant, direct and order a change of venue as is authorized in Section 15-2-20 whenever, in his judgment, there is danger of mob violence, and it is advisable to have a military guard to protect the defendant from mob violence.
(Code 1923, §5580; Code 1940, T. 15, §268.)
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