15-20A-3
Section 15-20A-3 Applicability. (a) This chapter is applicable to every adult sex offender
convicted of a sex offense as defined in Section 15-20A-5, without regard to when his or her
crime or crimes were committed or his or her duty to register arose. (b) Any adult sex offender
shall be subject to this chapter for life. (c) This chapter is applicable to juvenile sex
offenders who are adjudicated delinquent pursuant to the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act, Sections
12-15-101 to 12-15-601, inclusive, formerly Sections 12-15-1 to 12-15-176, inclusive, Code
of Alabama 1975, of a sex offense as defined in Section 15-20A-5. (d) A juvenile sex offender
adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense as defined in Section 15-20A-5 on or after July 1,
2011, shall be subject to this chapter for the duration of time as provided in Section 15-20A-28.
A juvenile sex offender adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense as defined in Section 15-20A-5
prior to July 1, 2011, shall be subject to registration and...
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15-22-27.3
Section 15-22-27.3 Parole of persons convicted of sex offense involving a child. Any person
convicted of a sex offense involving a child as defined in subdivision (26) of Section 15-20A-4
which constitutes a Class A or B felony shall not be eligible for parole. (Act 2005-301, 1st
Sp. Sess., §2; Act 2015-463, §1.)...
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15-22-27.4
Section 15-22-27.4 Parole of persons convicted of sex offense involving person under 13 years
of age - Chemical castration treatment. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) CHEMICAL CASTRATION TREATMENT. The receiving of medication,
including, but not limited to, medroxyprogesterone acetate treatment or its chemical equivalent,
that, among other things, reduces, inhibits, or blocks the production of testosterone, hormones,
or other chemicals in a person's body. (2) SEX OFFENSE INVOLVING A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF
13 YEARS. A sex offense, as described in Section 15-20A-5, that is committed against a person
who has not attained the age of 13 years. (b) Subject to Section 15-22-27.3, as a condition
of parole, a court shall order a person convicted of a sex offense involving a person under
the age of 13 years to undergo chemical castration treatment, in addition to any other punishment
prescribed for that offense or any other provision of...
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15-20A-48
Section 15-20A-48 Relation to other laws. (a) For the purposes of Sections 13A-5-2, 13A-5-6,
14-9-41, 15-18-8, 15-22-27.3, or any other section of the Code of Alabama 1975, a criminal
sex offense involving a child shall mean a conviction for any sex offense in which the victim
was a child under the age of 12 or any offense involving child pornography. (b) For the purpose
of Section 12-15-107(a)(7), a juvenile probation officer shall notify the state and either
the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a juvenile sex offender, or the child's
attorney for the juvenile sex offender, of the pending release of the sex offender and provide
them with a copy of the risk assessment pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 15-20A-26. (c)
For the purpose of Section 12-15-116(a)(5), a juvenile court shall have exclusive original
jurisdiction to try any individual who is 18 years of age or older and violates any of the
juvenile criminal sex offender provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection...
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13A-5-9
Section 13A-5-9 Habitual felony offenders - Additional penalties. (a) In all cases when it
is shown that a criminal defendant has been previously convicted of a Class A, Class B, or
Class C felony and after the conviction has committed another Class A, Class B, or Class C
felony, he or she must be punished as follows: (1) On conviction of a Class C felony, he or
she must be punished for a Class B felony. (2) On conviction of a Class B felony, he or she
must be punished for a Class A felony. (3) On conviction of a Class A felony, he or she must
be punished by imprisonment for life or for any term of not more than 99 years but not less
than 15 years. (b) In all cases when it is shown that a criminal defendant has been previously
convicted of any two felonies that are Class A, Class B, or Class C felonies and after such
convictions has committed another Class A, Class B, or Class C felony, he or she must be punished
as follows: (1) On conviction of a Class C felony, he or she must be...
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13A-5-11
Section 13A-5-11 Fines for felonies. (a) A sentence to pay a fine for a felony shall be for
a definite amount, fixed by the court, within the following limitations: (1) For a Class A
felony, not more than $60,000; (2) For a Class B felony, not more than $30,000; (3) For a
Class C felony, not more than $15,000; (4) For a Class D felony, not more than $7,500; or
(5) Any amount not exceeding double the pecuniary gain to the defendant or loss to the victim
caused by the commission of the offense. (b) As used in this section, "gain" means
the amount of money or the value of property derived from the commission of the crime, less
the amount of money or the value of property returned to the victim of the crime or seized
or surrendered to lawful authority prior to the time sentence is imposed. "Value"
shall be determined by the standards established in subdivision (14) of Section 13A-8-1. (c)
The court may conduct a hearing upon the issue of defendant's gain or the victim's loss from
the crime...
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13A-5-45
Section 13A-5-45 Sentence hearing - Delay; statements and arguments; admissibility of evidence;
burden of proof; mitigating and aggravating circumstances. (a) Upon conviction of a defendant
for a capital offense, the trial court shall conduct a separate sentence hearing to determine
whether the defendant shall be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole or to death.
The sentence hearing shall be conducted as soon as practicable after the defendant is convicted.
Provided, however, if the sentence hearing is to be conducted before the trial judge without
a jury or before the trial judge and a jury other than the trial jury, as provided elsewhere
in this article, the trial court with the consent of both parties may delay the sentence hearing
until it has received the pre-sentence investigation report specified in Section 13A-5-47(b).
Otherwise, the sentence hearing shall not be delayed pending receipt of the pre-sentence investigation
report. (b) The state and the defendant shall be...
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13A-5-49
Section 13A-5-49 Aggravating circumstances. Aggravating circumstances shall be any of the following:
(1) The capital offense was committed by a person under sentence of imprisonment. (2) The
defendant was previously convicted of another capital offense or a felony involving the use
or threat of violence to the person. (3) The defendant knowingly created a great risk of death
to many persons. (4) The capital offense was committed while the defendant was engaged or
was an accomplice in the commission of, or an attempt to commit, or flight after committing,
or attempting to commit, rape, robbery, burglary, or kidnapping. (5) The capital offense was
committed for the purpose of avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest or effecting an escape
from custody. (6) The capital offense was committed for pecuniary gain. (7) The capital offense
was committed to disrupt or hinder the lawful exercise of any governmental function or the
enforcement of laws. (8) The capital offense was especially heinous,...
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15-18-1
Section 15-18-1 Legal punishments; sentencing; liability of Department of Corrections for costs.
(a) The only legal punishments, besides removal from office and disqualification to hold office,
are fines, hard labor for the county, imprisonment in the county jail, imprisonment in the
penitentiary, which includes hard labor for the state, and death. (b) In all cases in which
the period of imprisonment in the penitentiary or hard labor for the county is more than three
years, the judge shall sentence the party to imprisonment in the penitentiary. In all cases
of conviction for felonies in which imprisonment or hard labor is for more than 12 months
and not more than three years, the judge may sentence the party to imprisonment in the penitentiary,
confinement in the county jail, or to hard labor for the county, at his or her discretion,
any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. In all cases in which the imprisonment
or sentence to hard labor is 12 months or less, the...
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15-3-5
Section 15-3-5 Offenses having no limitation. (a) There is no limitation of time within which
a prosecution must be commenced for any of the following offenses: (1) Any capital offense.
(2) Any felony involving the use, attempted use, or threat of, violence to a person. (3) Any
felony involving serious physical injury or death of a person. (4) Any sex offense pursuant
to Section 15-20A-5 involving a victim under 16 years of age, regardless of whether it involves
force, serious physical injury, or death. (5) Any felony involving arson of any type. (6)
Any felony involving forgery of any type. (7) Any felony involving counterfeiting. (8) Any
felony involving drug trafficking. (b) The amendments made by this act shall apply to both
of the following: (1) To all crimes committed after January 7, 1985. (2) To all crimes committed
before January 7, 1985, for which no statute of limitations provided under pre-existing law
has run as of January 7, 1985. (c) Nothing herein shall be construed to...
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