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13A-11-70
Section 13A-11-70 Definitions. For the purposes of this division, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) PISTOL. Any firearm with a barrel
less than 12 inches in length. (2) CRIME OF VIOLENCE. Any of the following crimes or an attempt
to commit any of them, namely, murder, manslaughter, (except manslaughter arising out of the
operation of a vehicle), rape, mayhem, assault with intent to rob, assault with intent to
ravish, assault with intent to murder, robbery, burglary, and kidnapping. "Crime of violence"
shall also mean any Class A felony or any Class B felony that has as an element serious physical
injury, the distribution or manufacture of a controlled substance, or is of a sexual nature
involving a child under the age of 12. (3) PERSON. Such term includes any firm, partnership,
association or corporation. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 51; Code 1940, T. 14, §172;
Acts 1947, No. 616, p. 463, §1; Acts 1951, No. 784, p. 1378; Code...
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15-8-150
Section 15-8-150 Contents; sufficiency; use of analogous forms. The forms of indictment set
forth in this section in all cases in which they are applicable, are sufficient, and analogous
forms may be used in other cases. (1) CAPTION, COMMENCEMENT AND CONCLUSION GENERALLY. The
State of Alabama,) Circuit court, ___ session, ___) 20___ The grand jury of said county charge
that, before the finding of this indictment, etc. (describing the offense as in the following
forms), against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama. E.F.J.,District Attorney of
the ______ circuit. (2) ADVERTISING, ETC., UNREGISTERED SECURITIES. A. B. did, contrary to
law, and subsequent to the ____ day of ____, 20__, advertise (or otherwise describing the
unlawful act) in this state for the purpose of inducing or securing subscriptions to or sales
of the capital stock of the X. Y. company (or otherwise describing the security so advertised),
which said stock (or other security) had not then...
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17-3-30.1
Section 17-3-30.1 Disqualification of electors for felonies involving moral turpitude. (a)
This section shall be known and may be cited as the Felony Voter Disqualification Act. (b)(1)
The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Article VIII of the Constitution of Alabama of
1901, now appearing as Section 177 of Article VIII of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution
of Alabama of 1901, as amended, provides that Alabama citizens shall lose the right to vote
when convicted of a crime only if the conviction was for a felony involving moral turpitude.
b. Under general law, there is no comprehensive list of felonies that involve moral turpitude
which disqualify a person from exercising his or her right to vote. Neither individuals with
felony convictions nor election officials have a comprehensive, authoritative source for determining
if a felony conviction involves moral turpitude and is therefore a disqualifying felony. (2)
The purposes of this section are: a. To give full effect...
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12-25-32
Section 12-25-32 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the
following meanings: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Sentencing Commission, established as a state
agency under the Supreme Court by this chapter. (2) CONTINUUM OF PUNISHMENTS. An array of
punishment options, from probation to incarceration, graduated in restrictiveness according
to the degree of supervision of the offender including, but not limited to, all of the following:
a. Active Incarceration. A sentence, other than an intermediate punishment or unsupervised
probation, that requires an offender to serve a sentence of imprisonment. The term includes
time served in a work release program operated as a custody option by the Alabama Department
of Corrections or in the Supervised Intensive Restitution program of the Department of Corrections
pursuant to Article 7, commencing with Section 15-18-110, of Chapter 18 of Title 15. b. Intermediate
Punishment. A sentence that may include assignment to any...
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13A-6-2
Section 13A-6-2 Murder. (a) A person commits the crime of murder if he or she does any of the
following: (1) With intent to cause the death of another person, he or she causes the death
of that person or of another person. (2) Under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference
to human life, he or she recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death
to a person other than himself or herself, and thereby causes the death of another person.
(3) He or she commits or attempts to commit arson in the first degree, burglary in the first
or second degree, escape in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree, rape in the
first degree, robbery in any degree, sodomy in the first degree, aggravated child abuse under
Section 26-15-3.1, or any other felony clearly dangerous to human life and, in the course
of and in furtherance of the crime that he or she is committing or attempting to commit, or
in immediate flight therefrom, he or she, or another participant if there be...
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13A-6-1
Section 13A-6-1 Definitions. (a) As used in Article 1 and Article 2, the following terms shall
have the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. Murder, manslaughter,
or criminally negligent homicide. (2) HOMICIDE. A person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally,
knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence causes the death of another person. (3)
PERSON. The term, when referring to the victim of a criminal homicide or assault, means a
human being, including an unborn child in utero at any stage of development, regardless of
viability. (b) Article 1 or Article 2 shall not apply to the death or injury to an unborn
child alleged to be caused by medication or medical care or treatment provided to a pregnant
woman when performed by a physician or other licensed health care provider. Mistake, or unintentional
error on the part of a licensed physician or other licensed health care provider or his or
her employee or agent or any person acting on behalf of...
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15-18-171
Section 15-18-171 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) APPLICATION PROCESS
AND PROCEDURES. The criteria and guidelines developed by the Department of Corrections for
the establishment of community punishment and corrections programs, the granting of funds
for programs authorized herein, and the monitoring, evaluation, and review of programs funded
herein. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority or the board of directors of a
nonprofit entity. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections. (4)
COMMUNITY. The county or counties comprising one or more judicial circuits. (5) COMMUNITY
PUNISHMENT AND CORRECTIONS AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions
of this article. (6) COMMUNITY PUNISHMENT AND CORRECTIONS PROGRAM. Any program designed as
an alternative to incarceration and maintained by a county commission or an...
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13A-6-138
Section 13A-6-138 Domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation. (a) For the purposes of
this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) STRANGULATION. Intentionally
causing asphyxia by closure or compression of the blood vessels or air passages of the neck
as a result of external pressure on the neck. (2) SUFFOCATION. Intentionally causing asphyxia
by depriving a person of air or by preventing a person from breathing through the inhalation
of toxic gases or by blocking or obstructing the airway of a person, by any means other than
by strangulation. (b) A person commits the crime of domestic violence by strangulation or
suffocation if he or she commits an assault with intent to cause physical harm or commits
the crime of menacing pursuant to Section 13A-6-23, by strangulation or suffocation or attempted
strangulation or suffocation and the victim is a current or former spouse, parent, step-parent,
child, step-child, any person with whom the defendant has a child...
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13A-6-21
Section 13A-6-21 Assault in the second degree. (a) A person commits the crime of assault in
the second degree if the person does any of the following: (1) With intent to cause serious
physical injury to another person, he or she causes serious physical injury to any person.
(2) With intent to cause physical injury to another person, he or she causes physical injury
to any person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument. (3) He or she recklessly
causes serious physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous
instrument. (4) With intent to prevent a peace officer, as defined in Section 36-21-60, a
detention or correctional officer at any municipal or county jail or state penitentiary, emergency
medical personnel, a utility worker, or a firefighter from performing a lawful duty, he or
she intends to cause physical injury and he or she causes physical injury to any person. For
the purpose of this subdivision, a person who is a peace officer who is...
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16-1-23
Section 16-1-23 Hazing prohibited; penalty. (a) Hazing is defined as follows: (1) Any willful
action taken or situation created, whether on or off any school, college, university, or other
educational premises, which recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical health
of any student, or (2) Any willful act on or off any school, college, university, or other
educational premises by any person alone or acting with others in striking, beating, bruising,
or maiming; or seriously offering, threatening, or attempting to strike, beat, bruise, or
maim, or to do or seriously offer, threaten, or attempt to do physical violence to any student
of any such educational institution or any assault upon any such students made for the purpose
of committing any of the acts, or producing any of the results to such student as defined
in this section. (3) The term hazing as defined in this section does not include customary
athletic events or similar contests or competitions, and is limited...
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