(citing Ex parte Inverness Constr. Co., 775 So.2d 153, 156 (Ala. 2000)).’ “Ex parte McCormick, 932 So.2d 124, 127-28 (Ala. 2005).” State v. Jones, 13 So.3d 915, 919 (Ala. 2008). Discussion •- Watters; in her petition to this Court, argues that, before being required to stand trial, she is entitled to a pretrial evidentiary hearing on whether she is entitled to immunity under § 13A-3-23(d). More specifically, citing this Court’s decision in Ex parte Auburn University, 6 So.3d 478, 483-84 (Ala. 2008), which held that the trial court erred by postponing a determination of the defendants’ entitlement to sovereign immunity and State-agent immunity for consideration “at trial rather than addressing them at the summary-judgment stage of the litigation,” Watters contends tha m. App. 2015) (<HOLDING>). In Harrison, the Court of Criminal Appeals
holding at trial a criminal defendant has the burden to prove his insanity by a preponderance of the evidence holding that a defendant asserting immunity based on selfdefense under  13a323d ala code 1976 is entitled to an opportunity to prove that claim by a preponderance of the evidence at a pretrial hearing before the court holding that a defendant must prove an affirmative defense at sentencing stage by a preponderance of evidence holding that the government must prove the facts used in sentencing by a preponderance of the evidence recognizing that sentencing facts are based on the evidence and testimony presented at sentencing under a preponderance of the evidence standard