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# Brynn T. Crain

Alabama Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alabama Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Court
- State: Alabama
- Role: Circuit Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-29

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### media recording photography broadcasting

Scope: statewide

Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4 permits televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings only as provided by Alabama judicial ethics canons, law, or another court rule.

Evidence excerpt: The taking of television pictures or other photographs in or of the courtroom during the progress of judicial proceedings or the radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings may be permitted as provided in Canon 3(A)(7) and (7B), Canons of Judicial Ethics, promulgated by the Alabama Supreme Court, or as otherwise may be permitted by law or other rule of court.

[Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings](https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr9_4.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://etowah.alacourt.gov/judiciary-directory/)
- [Official roster](https://etowah.alacourt.gov/judiciary-directory/)
- [Alabama Administrative Office of Courts official judicial roster](https://etowah.alacourt.gov/judiciary-directory/)
- [Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings](https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr9_4.pdf)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Circuit Judge in Alabama’s 16th Judicial Circuit, serving in Etowah County and currently holding office until the end of 2030
- Election Participation: She was a candidate for re-election in the November 5, 2024 Alabama General Election for the position of Circuit Judge, Circuit 16.

### Education



### Additional information

- 2023 Term Outlook: In September 2023, Crain was reported to have chosen not to seek a third full term, signaling a possible change in her judicial tenure plans Gadsden Times.
- The 16th Judicial Circuit includes both criminal and civil cases, and the court is presided over by Hon. George C. Day, Jr., with Crain among the other circuit judges.
- One of the Circuit Judges for the Sixteenth Circuit Court of Alabama, which covers Etowah County and surrounding areas Etowah County - Sixteenth Circuit Court of Alabama.



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 9.4: Televising, photographing, or radio broadcasting of judicial proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-2bb56569e2cd3665169eeff4) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Criminal proceedings only.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr9_4.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.