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Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-6-663

  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Unless in cases otherwise directed by this article, the court must hear and determine the motion and enter judgment upon the evidence without a jury unless an issue is tendered and a jury trial demanded, when a jury must be immediately impaneled to try the facts, unless good cause shall be shown for a continuance.