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In the United States, there is no consistent use of the office of constable throughout the states; use may vary within a state. A constable may be an official responsible for service of process: such as summonses and subpoenas for people to appear in court in criminal and/or civil matters. They can also be fully empowered law enforcement officers.
Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. 303 (1880), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States about racial discrimination and United States constitutional criminal procedure. [1] Strauder was the first instance where the Supreme Court reversed a state court decision denying a defendant 's motion to remove his criminal trial ...
Capital punishment in Alabama is a legal penalty. Alabama has the highest per capita capital sentencing rate in the United States. In some years, its courts impose more death sentences than Texas, a state that has a population five times as large. [1] However, Texas has a higher rate of executions both in absolute terms and per capita.
"The courts of this State shall be open, and every person, for an injury done to him, in his person, property or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law; and justice shall be administered without sale, denial or delay." [1] West Virginia: Code of Judicial Conduct Canon III b 7
The association was founded in 2011 by former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack who was a board member of the Oath Keepers at the time. [8] In 2017, the association said it had 4,500 dues-paying members, with more than 200 sheriffs among them. [1] In 2021, Mack said that 300 of the 3,000 sheriffs in the U.S. were members of the association. [8]
On January 31, 2018, a Randolph County sheriff's deputy showed up at Greg and Teresa Almond's house in Woodland, Alabama, to serve Greg court papers in a civil matter. The deputy reported that he ...
In the United States, a state court has jurisdiction over disputes with some connection to a U.S. state. State courts handle the vast majority of civil and criminal cases in the United States; the United States federal courts are far smaller in terms of both personnel and caseload, and handle different types of cases. [ 1][ 2] States often ...
The application of this approach was made clear in a landmark 1840 case called State vs. Reid. The state of Alabama prosecuted a local sheriff for carrying a concealed weapon in violation of its ...