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Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5

What does this office do?

  • Deciding what state laws and the state constitution mean
  • Setting rulings that lower state courts must follow
  • Deciding major criminal and civil cases

Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Gun Control,

Candidates:

Republican

Riggs Walker is a former Jefferson County deputy district attorney and the 2026 Republican nominee for Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5.

Records: Legal Competence 3 for

Sources: sos.alabama.gov23