Alabama § 45-51-82.28 - Rights of Participating Defendants.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 45-51-82.28 — Rights of Participating Defendants., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45-51-82.28. Rights of Participating Defendants.
Any defendant voluntarily participating in such a program shall have the right to:
(1) Insist on criminal prosecution at any time the prosecution for the offense for which he or she is charged is pending, and to have a circuit court judge determine whether any pressure or coercion was applied to the defendant to accept non-criminal disposition.
(2) Counsel of his or her choosing or, if indigent, court appointed counsel during all phases of the diversionary or preprosecution probationary proceedings unless the right to counsel is knowingly and voluntarily waived by the accused.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 45-51-82.28 ("Rights of Participating Defendants.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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