LAW DAY 2004
Presented by
Judge Bill Filmore
www.filmore.net
What is Law Day?
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Began in 1958
Law Day, May 1, is a national day of celebration,
where we traditionally honor our freedoms as
Americans – freedoms protected by our laws
and legal institutions
The legal profession has played a major role in
ensuring that the rule of law remains strong in
our nation, that it pursues justice and defends
liberty.
Beginning of Law Day
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1957 vision of Washington
D.C. attorney Charles S.
Rhyne serving as ABA
President
Proclamation by President
Eisenhower on Feb. 3, 1958
Proclamation 1st Paragraph
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WHEREAS, it is fitting that the people of
this Nation should remember with pride
and vigilantly guard the great heritage of
liberty, justice and equality under law
which our forefathers bequeathed to us;
and . . .
Congressional Resolution
Establishing Law Day (1961)
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US Code, Title 36, Section 164
The first day of May of each year is hereby designated
as Law Day, U.S.A. It is set aside as a special day of
celebration by the American people in appreciation of
their liberties and the reaffirmation of their loyalty to the
United States of America; of their rededication to the
ideals of equality and justice under law in their relations
with each other as well as with other nations; and for
the cultivation of that respect for law that is so vital to
the democratic way of life.
The President of the United States is authorized and
requested to issue a proclamation calling upon all public
officials to display the flag of the United States on all
government buildings on such day and inviting the
people of the United States to observe such day with
suitable ceremonies and other appropriate ways, through
public bodies and private organizations as well as in
schools and other suitable places.
LAW DAY THEMES
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Since 1974 themes have
be established for Law
Day
The themes since 1997
have been entitled
“Celebrate Your
Freedom”
Individual Themes
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1997 Celebrate Your Freedom:
Freedoms
1998 Celebrate Your Freedom:
Guarantees
1999 Celebrate Your Freedom:
Equality
2000 Celebrate Your Freedom:
Democracy and Diversity
2001 Celebrate Your Freedom:
Best Interests of Our Children
2002 Celebrate Your Freedom:
Justice for All
2003 Celebrate Your Freedom:
Courts Protect Our Liberties
First Amendment
Due Process
The Quest for
Speak Up for
Protecting the
Assuring Equal
Independent
For 2004 - The Theme
is…
To Win Equality by Law:
Brown vs. Board of
Education
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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The Supreme Court of the US ruled that
separate but equal railroad cars for blacks and
white passengers did not violate equal
protection:
The object of the (14th) Amendment was
undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of
the two races before the law, but in the nature
of things it could not have been intended to
abolish distinctions based upon color, or to
enforce social, as distinguished from political,
equality.
Justice John Marshall Harlan
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Harlan is best known for
his eloquent dissent in the
1896 case, Plessy vs
Ferguson, which upheld a
Louisiana law requiring
blacks and whites to ride in
separate railroad cars.
Harlan criticized the
Court's adoption of the
"separate but equal"
doctrine in these
memorable words: "Our
Constitution is color blind
and neither knows nor
tolerates classes among
citizens."
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
DEFERRED
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THE NATION ADOPTED
RACIAL SEGREGATION
AS PUBLIC POLICY in the
1896 United States
Supreme Court decision,
Plessy v Ferguson.
The Plessy case centered
on segregated seating in
passenger cars on
Louisiana trains. After this
decision segregation
spread in public
accommodations and
schools.
Jim Crow Laws
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From the 1880s into the 1960s, a majority of
American states enforced segregation through
"Jim Crow" laws (so called after a black
character in minstrel shows).
From Delaware to California, and from North
Dakota to Texas, many states (and cities, too)
could impose legal punishments on people for
consorting with members of another race.
The most common types of laws forbade
intermarriage and ordered business owners and
public institutions to keep their black and white
clientele separated.
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Examples of Jim Crow Laws in Alabama
Nurses No person or corporation shall require any white female
nurse to nurse in wards or rooms in hospitals, either public or
private, in which negro men are placed.
Buses All passenger stations in this state operated by any motor
transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms or space
and separate ticket windows for the white and colored races.
Railroads The conductor of each passenger train is authorized
and required to assign each passenger to the car or the division of
the car, when it is divided by a partition, designated for the race to
which such passenger belongs.
Restaurants It shall be unlawful to conduct a restaurant or
other place for the serving of food in the city, at which white and
colored people are served in the same room, unless such white and
colored persons are effectually separated by a solid partition
extending from the floor upward to a distance of seven feet or
higher, and unless a separate entrance from the street is provided
for each compartment.
Pool and Billiard Rooms It shall be unlawful for a negro and
white person to play together or in company with each other at any
game of pool or billiards.
Toilet Facilities, Male Every employer of white or negro
males shall provide for such white or negro males reasonably
accessible and separate toilet facilities.
The One who laid the ground work
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You have a large
number of people
who have never heard
of Charlie Houston.
That man was the
engineer of all of it…
if you do it legally,
Charlie Houston made
it possible.
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Thurgood Marshall
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Charlie Houston
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Houston was born in
1895 in Washington D.C.
1915 Graduated magna
cum laude from Amherst
College
Graduated cum laude
from Harvard Law School
in 1922
He was first AfricanAmerican Editor of
Harvard Law Review
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Vice-Dean (1929-35) of
Howard Law School
training ¼ of nation’s
black law students.
1935-40 Special Counsel
to NAACP
Charlie Houston (con’t)
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1935-48 – Argued 8 cases before the US Supreme Court
and won 7.
April 26, 1950, Died at age of 54.
Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote, “when Brown v. Board
of Education was being argued in the Supreme Court, …
there were some two dozen lawyers on the side of the
Negroes fighting for their schools,… and of those thirty
lawyers … there were only two who hadn’t been touched
by Charlie Houston.”
Federal Circuit Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. wrote:
“You must understand this: without Brown there would
have been no civil rights movement, no civil rights act
and no voting rights act. Without Houston there would
have been no Brown.”
Houston paved the way for Brown
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Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938)
The University of Missouri refused to admit Lloyd
Gaines to its law school because it believed the
school was only for whites. It was common for
the state to send black students to neighboring
states for courses of study not offered in the
black schools. Since Missouri did not have a
separate and equal law school for African
Americans, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Gaines
must be allowed to attend the University of
Missouri Law School.
McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents
for Higher Education (1950)
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that George W.
McLaurin, a student who was required to eat
and study at separate tables, must be treated
the same as white students.
Chief Justice Fred Vinson said in the ruling that
separate accommodations denied McLaurin “his
personal and present rights to equal protection
of the laws” under the 14th Amendment.
Continuing, Vinson said “McLaurin must receive
the same treatment . . . as students of other
races.”
Sweatt v. Painter (1950)
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case was an important
predecessor to Brown v. Board of
Education, because the U.S.
Supreme Court decided 9-0 that
the “separate but equal” doctrine
established in the Plessy case was
unworkable and ultimately
doomed.
Combined Brown Cases 1951-54
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Five cases from Delaware, Kansas, Washington, D.C.,
South Carolina and Virginia were appealed to the United
States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court combined
these cases into a single case which eventually became
Brown v. Board of Education. This grouping was
significant because it showed school segregation as a
national issue, not just a southern one. The five case
were:
Delaware – Belton v. Gebhart (Bulah v. Gebhart)
Kansas – Brown v. Board of Education
Washington, D.C. – Bolling v. Sharp
South Carolina – Biggs v. Elliot
Virginia – Davis v. County School Board of Prince
Edward County
Delaware – Belton v. Gebhart
(Bulah v. Gebhart)
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A Delaware court ruled that the plaintiffs were
entitled to immediate admission to White public
schools.
In both of the Gebhart cases, the court ruled
that the plaintiffs were being denied equal
protection of the law and ordered that the 11
children involved be immediately admitted to
Delaware’s White schools. The board of
education appealed the decision. (Only case
where the Plaintiffs won below)
Washington, D.C. – Bolling v.
Sharp
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Charles Houston provided legal representation for the
Consolidated Parents Group, who, under the direction of
Gardner Bishop, attempted to enroll a group of Black
students in all White John Philip Sousa Junior High
School, in Washington, D.C.
In 1950 while preparing the Bolling case, Charles
Hamilton Houston suffered a heart attack. As a result he
asked colleague and friend James Nabritt, Jr. to help
Gardner Bishop and his group. At that point the
equalization of facilities idea was dropped and Nabritt
replaced it with a challenge to segregation per se.
The Bolling case became one of the consolidated Brown
cases. The U. S. Supreme Court would eventually file a
separate opinion on Bolling because the 14th
Amendment was not applicable in Washington, D.C.
South Carolina – Biggs v. Elliot
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This South Carolina case went to trial. Marshall
and the NAACP presented a vast array of social
science evidence showing how segregation
harmed Black school children, including evidence
from sociologist Kenneth Clark's controversial
"Doll Study."
The U. S. District Court denied the Briggs
plaintiff’s request to order desegregation of
Clarendon County, SC, schools and instead
ordered the equalization of Black schools. Judge
Julius Waring was the lone dissenter.
Virginia – Davis v. County School
Board of Prince Edward County
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NAACP lawyer Spottswood Robinson filed
Davis v. Prince Edward County, a
challenge to Virginia's segregated schools.
Davis et al. County School Board of Prince
Edward County, Virginia, et al., was
another of the cases eventually
consolidated as Brown v. Board of
Education.
Davis v. County School Board of
Prince Edward County (con’t)
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Moton High was typical of the all-black schools in the
central Virginia county.
It was built in 1939 to hold half as many students as it
did by the early 1950s; its teachers were paid
substantially less than teachers at the all-white high
school; and it had no gymnasium, cafeteria, or
auditorium with fixed seats like the nearby white
Farmville High had.
Repeated attempts made by Moton's principal and PTA
to convince the school board to erect a new black high
school were fruitless.
So, in the spring of 1951, the students, led by 16 yearold Barbara Johns, took matters into their own hands.
They went on strike and asked for help from the
NAACP's special counsel for the Southeastern region of
the United States.
Farmville vs. Moton
Separate but Equal?
Farmville vs. Moton
Separate but Equal?
Davis v. County School Board of
Prince Edward County (con’t)
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The NAACP lawyers told the striking students
that the only way the organization could commit
to getting involved in the students' cause was to
sue for the end of segregation itself.
This was a huge step beyond the students' goal
of obtaining a new school building!
After thinking it over very carefully and
gathering the support of their parents, the
students agreed to challenge segregation
directly.
On May 23, 1951, a NAACP lawyer, on behalf of
117 Moton students and their parents, filed suit
in the federal district court in Richmond.
Brown vs. Board
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Thirteen parents volunteered to participate in a
case that was initiated by members of the local
NAACP chapter in Topeka, Kansas.
In the summer of 1950, they took their children
to schools in their neighborhoods and attempted
to enroll them for the upcoming school year. All
were refused admission. The children were
forced to attend one of the four schools in the
city for African Americans. For most this
involved traveling some distance from their
homes.
Brown vs. Board
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These parents filed suit against
the Topeka Board of Education
on behalf of their children.
Oliver Brown, a minister, was
the first parent listed in the
suit, so the case came to
named after him.
Linda Carol Brown—who is
seven-years-old and lives in
Topeka, Kansas—has to walk
across railroad tracks and take
an old bus to get to school,
even though there is a better
school five blocks from her
house. Linda can't go to that
school because she is black,
and the schools in Topeka are
segregated.
Robert Carter and Jack
Greenberg of the NAACP Legal
Defense represented the
Plaintiffs.
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Rev. Oliver L. Brown and
daughter Linda Carol Brown
Monroe
Elementary School is now
an Historic Site maintained by
National Park Service.
U.S. Supreme Court Decision
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On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl
Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark
civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,
Kansas.
State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a
violation of the 14th Amendment and was therefore
unconstitutional.
This historic decision marked the end of the "separate
but equal" precedent set by the Supreme Court nearly
60 years earlier and served as a catalyst for the
expanding civil rights movement during the decade of
the 1950s.
In 1955, the Court ordered that the schools in Brown be
integrated under supervision of the district courts “with
all deliberate speed.”
End and Beginning
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The Court’s decision in 1954 was
both an end and a beginning.
The doctrine of “separate but
equal” was officially refuted, but
a new round of battles was
about to begin over the
necessity, extent, and pace of
integration in schools around the
country.
Students entered
Central High School in
Little Rock under the
protection of federal
troops.
Thurgood Marshall
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1930 Lincoln U. (cum laude)
1933 Law Degree Howard U.
magna cum laude
1940-1961 Legal Director of
NAACP – 29 Sup. Ct. victories
1954 Brown v. Board
1961 Appointed Circuit Judge
1965 Appointed U.S. Solicitor
General by Pres. Johnson
1967 Becomes the 1st African
American elevated to U.S.
Supreme Court
1991 Retires from Supreme Ct.
1993 Dies at 84
The Lawyers
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The lawyers were the ones
who changed the course of
America.
In the decades leading up to
Brown, these lawyers
progressively chipped away at
the legal structure fortifying
segregation.
The legal profession must be
as varied and diverse as the
public to retain its essential
role as connecting link with the
rule of law.
Data indicate that although
society rapidly is becoming
more diverse, the legal
profession remains mostly
white.
Alabama Lawyers
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In-state 11,632
Out-of-State 2,089
Total = 13,721
Male 10,225 = 75%
Female 3,496 = 25%
Caucasian 12,942 = 94%
African American 726 = 5.3%
Other 53 = 0.4%
This Law Day, as we
celebrate our freedoms as
Americans, let us
rededicate ourselves to
working toward making
rhetoric and reality one.
THE END
Presented by
Judge Bill Filmore
www.filmore.net
DALE COUNTY
DISTRICT COURT
Federal Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
District Courts
Alabama State Courts
Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Court of Civil Appeals
Circuit Courts
District Courts
33RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CIRCUIT COURT
DALE
GENEVA
FAMILY COURT
FAMILY COURT
DISTRICT COURT PLACE 2
DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT COURT PLACE 1
Judge Bill Filmore
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COUNTY, DISTRICT
COURT, PLACE ONE
 Civil
Division
 Small Claims Division
 Criminal Division
 Traffic Division
 Child Support Division
 Ex Officio Circuit Judge for DR
CIVIL
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SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION
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Up to $1,500
$1,500 to $3,000
Exclusive Jurisdiction Rests with District Court
CIVIL DIVISION
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$3,000 to $10,000 (Concurrent with Circuit
Court)
Small Claims
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Improvements in Court
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Begin at 8:30 a.m., support mediation, notice
of case and trial procedure
Types of Cases
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Individual collections of money for rent or
personal loans
Disputes concerning car repairs
Consumer type complaints
Instant Cash Company Collections
District Civil
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Improvements in Court
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Start cases at 1:30 p.m. on afternoon of
frequent Small Claims docket
Types of Cases
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Evictions
Collection of loans by companies
Car accidents within jurisdictional amount
DISTRICT CRIMINAL
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Type of Cases – Misdemeanors
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NWNI
Possession of Marihuana 2nd
Possession of Paraphernalia
Assault
Harassment
Reckless Endangerment
Criminal Trespass
Game & Fish Violations
Gambling
NWNI
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Greatest number of cases
$1 amount of check can result in a fine of
$20 plus costs of $323+
Usually result of people not having the
money and not getting money to take care
of before court.
Reflects economic conditions
Possession of Marijuana
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Fine $600 +
Up to 1 year in jail
Costs of Court $234 minimum
Driver’s License suspended for 6 months
Court Referral Program
2nd Offense of Possession is Felony
DISTRICT CRIMINAL
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Felony Cases
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First Appearance Hearings
Appoint Attorneys to Indigent
Bond Hearings
Preliminary Hearings
Improvements in Court
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Begin Court & Call Docket at 8:30 a.m.
Improved forms to facilitate handling of cases
Require CRO Program
Use Camera for First Appearance Hearings
TRAFFIC COURT
 4,400
cases a year
 Traffic offenses committed in
Dale County
 Tickets written by State
Troopers
 Police in Cities that don’t
have a Municipal Court
Common Offenses
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DUI
Driving While Revoked or Suspended
Excessive Speed
Speeding
Window Tint
Seat Belt
No Insurance
Stats on Drinking & Driving
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In 2002, more than 17,000 people were killed in
alcohol-related crashes on the nation’s
highways, representing a death every 30
minutes.
An estimated 258,000 people were injured in
crashes where police reported that alcohol was
present – an average of one person injured
approximately every two minutes.
Approximately 1.5 million drivers were arrested
in 2000 for driving under the influence of alcohol
or narcotics. This is an arrest rate of 1 for every
130 licensed drivers in the United States.
Alabama Fatalities Alcohol Related
DATE
TOTAL
ALC/REL
%
1992
1,031
498
48%
1993
1,044
476
46%
1994
1,083
472
44%
1995
1,114
494
44%
1996
1,146
516
45%
1997
1,192
499
42%
1998
1,071
442
41%
1999
1,138
465
41%
2000
996
426
43%
2001
994
376
38%
21 year old minimum
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All states and the District of Columbia now have 21-yearold minimum drinking age laws.
NHTSA estimates that these laws have reduced traffic
fatalities involving drivers 18 to 20 years old by 13
percent and have saved an estimated 20,970 lives since
1975.
In 2001, an estimated 927 lives were saved by minimum
drinking age laws.
Alabama still top 1/3 of all states with highest rate of
Alcohol related deaths. Tied with FL for 16th highest.
40 other states reduced fatalities more sharply than
Alabama.
Alabama has been above the US average every year
since 1986. Could get worse with less Troopers.
Alcohol Related Fatalities by County
DUI
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1st Offense
Fine $600-$2,100 + costs
Jail not more than 1 year
Completion of Court
Referral Program
Driver’s License
Suspended – 90 days
DUI
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2nd Offense (within 5 years)
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Fine $1,100 - $5,100 plus costs
Imprisonment: Not more than 1 year
nor less than 5 days or 30 days
community service
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Completion of Court Referral Program
Driver’s License Revoked for 1 year
DUI
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3rd Offense (within lifetime)
 Fine
$2,100 - $10,100 plus costs
 Imprisonment: Not more than 1
year with minimum mandatory
60 days
 Completion of Court Referral
Program
 Driver’s License Revoked for 3
years
DUI
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Fourth & Subsequent (within
lifetime)
 Felony
Fine $4,100 - $10,100 plus felony costs
 Imprisonment: One year and One Day
– 10 years (Minimum 10 days in jail)
 Completion of Court Referral Program
 Driver’s License Revoked for 5 years
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Driving While
Suspended or Revoked
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Fine $150 - $250 or greater
Revocation of license for 6 months
Possible jail sentence
Costs of Court
Common to give suspended sentence of
30 – 180 days; suspended sentence is
contingent on paying all fines and costs
and not receiving another DL suspended
or revoked in next 6 months
Stats on Unlicensed
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Study by AAA’s Foundation for Traffic
Safety
Crashes involving unlicensed or improperly
licensed drivers killed about 57,000 people
from 1993 to 1999
This is 8,215 people per year
The official death toll on 9/11 was 2,976
Excessive Speed
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Over 25 mph over posted speed limit
Fine $250
Court Costs $106
Court has driving history and may give
suspended sentence like in DL suspended
and may require driving school as part of
punishment for extensive record
Speeding
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25 mph or less over posted limit
Fine $20+
Costs $106
For clean driving histories, driving school is
alternative that the Court has discretion to
grant. If you are approved for driving school
you would complete the course at costs of $30
and bring your certificate to the Clerk of Court
and pay the $106 Court Costs and then the
ticket would be nol prossed and will not go on
record. Online course is available at cost of $40.
SPEED KILLS!
SPEED
NUMBER OF
FATALITIES
INVOLVED IN
SPEED RELATED
CRASHES, 2001
PERCENT OF
FATAL CRASHES
THAT ARE SPEED
RELATED, 2001
ESTIMATED COST
OF ALL SPEED
RELATED
CRASHES, 2000
ALA
351
34.7%
$534
Million
Insurance
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If didn’t have proof, must come to court to show
proof of insurance at time of ticket and case will
be dismissed. Section 32-7A-20
$100 fine + $106 costs if provide proof of
insurance (if didn’t have insurance at time of
ticket)
$150 fine + $106 costs, if don’t get insurance
(Up to $500 fine for first conviction and up to
$1,000 fine for second conviction, and could
cause suspension of registration)
Points Against License
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DUI = 6 points
Reckless Driving = 6 points
Speeding in excess of 85 mph = 5
Failure to yield right of way = 5
Passing stopped school bus = 5
Wrong side of road = 4
Illegal passing = 4
Following too closely = 3
Disregarding traffic control devices = 3
Speeding = 2
All other violations = 2
Suspension for Points
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12-14 Points over 2 year period = 60 days
15-17 Points over 2 year period = 90 days
18-20 Points over 2 year period = 120
days
21-23 Points over 2 year period = 180
days
24 and above Points over 2 year period =
365 days
Vehicular Homicide
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§ 32-5A-192. Homicide by vehicle or vessel.
(a) Whoever shall unlawfully and unintentionally
cause the death of another person while engaged in the
violation of any state law or municipal ordinance
applying to the operation or use of a vehicle, or vessel,
as defined in Section 33-5-3, or to the regulation of
traffic or boating, shall be guilty of homicide when the
violation is the proximate cause of the death.
(b) Any person convicted of homicide by vehicle or
vessel shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars
($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or
shall be imprisoned for a term not less than one year nor
more than five years, or may be so fined and so
imprisoned. All fines collected for violation of this
section relating to vessels shall be paid into the State
Water Safety Fund.
Examples
Teenage Drivers – Fatal Crashes %
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Driver Age
Driver Error
Speeding
3+ occupants
Single vehicle
Drivers .01+
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16 yrs old - Night time crash twice as high than day
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16
80
36
33
41
8
17-19
75
31
26
37
25
20-49
62
22
19
30
47
Alabama License Restriction
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§ 32-6-7.2. (Effective October 1, 2002)
Restrictions on issuance to persons under 18.
(c) A person who is issued a regular driver's
license after October 1, 2002, who is age 17 and
has been licensed for less than six months or
who is age 16 shall be deemed to have a
restricted driver's license. The person may not
operate a vehicle under any of the following
conditions:
License Restriction
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(1) Between 12:00 o'clock midnight and 6:00
o'clock a.m. unless the following exceptions apply:
a. The licensee is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
b. The licensee is accompanied by a person who is a licensed
driver and is at least 21 years of age and the consent of a parent or
legal guardian of the driver is given.
c. The licensee is driving to or from a place where the licensee
is employed on a regular basis.
d. The licensee is driving to or from a school sponsored event.
e. The licensee is driving to or from an event sponsored by a
religious organization.
f. The licensee is driving for the purpose of a medical, fire, or
law enforcement related emergency.
(2) If there are more than four occupants in the vehicle not
including the parents or legal guardians of the licensee.
License Restriction
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A violation of this subsection shall not
result in a suspension of the person's
driver's license, but shall extend the time
period for six months that the person is
subject to the restrictions of this
subsection before the person is eligible to
be designated as an unrestricted driver's
license holder or until age 18.
TRAFFIC COURT
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Improvements in Court
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Have a docket of cases
Court begins and docket called at 8:30 a.m.
Records run on DUI, D/L Revoked or
Suspended and Excessive Speed
Require CRO
Improved forms for the proper and efficient
handling of cases
CHILD SUPPORT DIVISION
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Type of cases
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Standard for Contempt
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Contempt petitions for non-payment
Visitation petitions
Post minority support petitions
Modifications of support
If the finds that the reason for non-payment is not inability to
pay, but willful refusal to pay child support the Court can and
does incarcerate the Defendant for contempt.
Improvements - Due to willingness of Court to
enforce the Standard for Contempt, child support
collections have increased $20,000 per month in 2003
over previous year
Ex-Officio Circuit Judge
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Domestic Relations cases that arise out of
child support matters don’t have to be reassigned
Emergency DR Orders
Any DR Orders arising out of Unified
Family Court
DR Cases as assigned or receive due to
conflicts of other courts
Additional Court Improvements
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Utilizing technology. Using a video camera for First
Appearances which cuts down on expense and
promotes safety for jail personnel. Developed and
maintains a web site for District Court Information
where the general public can obtain information about
the civil and criminal law and procedures used in
District Court. www.filmore.net Court allows the option
of an on-line driving school in alternative sentencing
for speeding.
Working with Dale County Domestic Violence
Task Force to inform the public about the domestic
violence. In May 2004 will present a legal seminar and
be the Judge for a Mock Trial on domestic violence.
Working with School Systems. Re-established Law
Day activities in the schools. Present Traffic Court
class to Driver’s Ed and other classes. Supports
reading initiatives in schools by presenting awards.
Serving on Executive Committee of Dale County
Children’s Policy Council.
THE END
Presented by
Judge Bill Filmore
www.filmore.net