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Terms Used In Alabama Code 28-4-276

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Any party may appeal within 14 days from the date of final judgment or denial of a post-trial motion, whichever is later, any judgment entered under the provisions of this article in any district court, such appeal to be taken in behalf of the state to the circuit court by the district attorney by filing a notice of appeal with the judge of the district court.