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AL Code § 13A-5-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-5-4 - Designation of Offenses.

Section 13A-5-4Designation of offenses. (a) The particular classification of each felony defined in this title, except murder under Section 13A-6-2, is expressly designated in the chapter or article defining it. Any offense defined outside this title which is declared by law to be a felony without specification of its classification or punishment is punishable as a Class C felony. (b) The particular classification of each misdemeanor defined in this title is expressly designated in the chapter or article defining it. Any offense defined outside this title which is declared by law to be a misdemeanor without specification as to classification or punishment is punishable as a Class C misdemeanor. (c) Every violation defined in this title is expressly designated as such. Any offense defined outside this title without specification as to punishment or as to felony or misdemeanor is a violation. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §1215.)
AL Code § 13A-5-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-5-5 - Presentence Investigation.

Section 13A-5-5Presentence investigation. There shall be a presentence or postsentence investigation report completed and filed on every defendant convicted of a felony offense after March 10, 2006, and such report shall be in an electronic format. On motion of the court or written motion of either party, the court shall require a written report of a presentence investigation of a defendant convicted of a felony, and such defendant shall not be sentenced or otherwise disposed of before such report has been presented to and considered by the court. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §1220; Act 2006-218, p. 376, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-5-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-5-6 - Sentences of Imprisonment for Felonies.

Section 13A-5-6Sentences of imprisonment for felonies. (a) Sentences for felonies shall be for a definite term of imprisonment, which imprisonment includes hard labor, within the following limitations: (1) For a Class A felony, for life or not more than 99 years or less than 10 years. (2) For a Class B felony, not more than 20 years or less than 2 years. (3) For a Class C felony, not more than 10 years or less than 1 year and 1 day and must be in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 15-18-8 unless sentencing is pursuant to Section 13A-5-9 or the offense is a sex offense pursuant to Section 15-20A-5. (4) For a Class D felony, not more than 5 years or less than 1 year and 1 day and must be in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 15-18-8. (5) For a Class A felony in which a firearm or deadly weapon was used or attempted to be used in the commission of the felony, or a Class A felony sex offense involving a child as defined in Section 15-20A-4, not less than 20 years. (6) For a Class B or C felony in which a firearm or deadly weapon was used or attempted to be used in the commission of the felony, or a Class B felony sex offense involving a child as defined in Section 15-20A-4, not less than 10 years. (b) The actual time of release within the limitations established by subsection (a) shall be determined under procedures established elsewhere by law. (c) In addition to any penalties heretofore or hereafter provided by law, in all cases where an offender is designated as a sexually violent predator pursuant to Section 15-20A-19, or where an offender is convicted of a Class A felony sex offense involving a child as defined in Section 15-20A-4, and is sentenced to a county jail or the Alabama Department of Corrections, the sentencing judge shall impose an additional penalty of not less than 10 years of post-release supervision to be served upon the defendant's release from incarceration. (d) In addition to any penalties heretofore or hereafter provided by law, in all cases where an offender is convicted of a sex offense pursuant to Section 13A-6-61, 13A-6-63, or 13A-6-65.1, when the defendant was 21 years of age or older and the victim was six years of age or less at the time the offense was committed, the defendant shall be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §1225; Acts 1981, No. 81-840, p. 1505; Act 2005-301, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 571, §1; Act 2011-555, p. 1037, §1; Act 2015-185, p. 476, §2; Act 2015-463, p. 1506, §1; Act 2019-465, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-5-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-5-7 - Sentences of Imprisonment for Misdemeanors and Violations.

Section 13A-5-7Sentences of imprisonment for misdemeanors and violations. (a) Sentences for misdemeanors shall be a definite term of imprisonment in the county jail or to hard labor for the county, within the following limitations: (1) For a Class A misdemeanor, not more than one year. (2) For a Class B misdemeanor, not more than six months. (3) For a Class C misdemeanor, not more than three months. (b) Sentences for violations shall be for a definite term of imprisonment in the county jail, not to exceed 30 days. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §1230; Acts 1978, No. 770, p. 1110.)
AL Code § 13A-5-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-5-8 - Place of Imprisonment.

Section 13A-5-8Place of imprisonment. The place of imprisonment for sentences imposed in this state shall be as established elsewhere by law. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §1232.)
AL Code § 13A-5-8.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-5-8.1 - Termination From Alternative Programs.

Section 13A-5-8.1Termination from alternative programs.  If a defendant is participating in a court supervised evidence-based treatment program, as that term is defined in Section 12-25-32, a court ordered faith-based program, or any other court ordered rehabilitative program and is subsequently terminated from that program, the court may then order that the defendant be confined in either a prison, jail-type institution, treatment institution, or a consenting community corrections program. The court shall impose a sentence length that complies with either Section 13A-5-6, Section 13A-5-9, or the sentencing guidelines, whichever is applicable. Nothing in this section shall preclude the court from imposing a split sentence under Section 15-18-8 or from suspending a sentence under Section 15-22-50. Nothing in this section shall limit the court's discretion with regard to any defendant ordered to participate in a court supervised evidence-based treatment program, as that term is defined in Section 12-25-32, a court ordered faith-based program, or any other court ordered rehabilitative program, whether pre-trial, pre-trial adjudication, or as a condition of bond. (Act 2015-185, §11.)
AL Code § 13A-5-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-5-9 - Habitual Felony Offenders - Additional Penalties.

Section 13A-5-9Habitual 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 punished for a Class A felony. (2) On conviction of a Class B 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. (3) On conviction of a Class A felony, he or she must be punished by imprisonment for life or for any term of not less than 99 years. (c) In all cases when it is shown that a criminal defendant has been previously convicted of any three 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 punished by imprisonment for life or for any term of not more than 99 years but not less than 15 years. (2) On conviction of a Class B felony, he or she must be punished by imprisonment for life or any term of not less than 20 years. (3) On conviction of a Class A felony, where the defendant has no prior convictions for any Class A felony, he or she must be punished by imprisonment for life or life without the possibility of parole, in the discretion of the trial court. (4) On conviction of a Class A felony, where the defendant has one or more prior convictions for any Class A felony, he or she must be punished by imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole. (d) In all cases when it is shown that a criminal defendant has been previously convicted of any two or more felonies that are Class A or Class B felonies and after such convictions has committed a Class D felony, upon conviction, he or she must be punished for a Class C felony. (e) In all cases when it is shown that a criminal defendant has been previously convicted of any three or more felonies and after such convictions has committed a Class D felony, upon conviction, he or she must be punished for a Class C felony. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §1235; Acts 1979, No. 79-664, p. 1163, §1; Act 2000-759, p. 1736, §1; Act 2015-185, §2.)
AL Code § 13A-5-9.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-5-9.1 - Retroactive Application of Section 13a-5-9.

Section 13A-5-9.1Retroactive application of Section 13A-5-9.  Repealed by Act 2014-165, §1, effective March 13, 2014. (Act 2001-977, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 941, §1; Act 2007-457, p. 945, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-5-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-5-10 - Habitual Felony Offenders - Proof; Restriction on Imposition of Penalty.

Section 13A-5-10Habitual felony offenders - Proof; restriction on imposition of penalty. (a) The court may conduct a hearing upon the issue of whether a defendant is a repeat or habitual offender under Section 13A-5-9, according to procedures established by rule of court. (b) Section 13A-5-9 does not apply to a corporation. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §1237.)
AL Code § 13A-5-10.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-5-10.1 - Habitual Felony Offenders - Proof; Certified Copies of Case Action Summary Sheets, Docket Sheets, Etc.

Section 13A-5-10.1Habitual felony offenders - Proof; certified copies of case action summary sheets, docket sheets, etc. (a) Certified copies of case action summary sheets, docket sheets or other records of the court are admissible for the purpose of proving prior convictions of a crime, if the prior conviction is otherwise admissible under the laws of this state. (b) If the trial court determines that the defendant would be prejudiced by the admission of the documents described in subsection (a) the court may admit into evidence and inform the jury of the fact of the conviction but not allow the jury to view the prejudicial documents. (c) If the document described in subsection (a) indicates that the defendant was represented by an attorney, it is presumed that the attorney was present in court with the defendant at all critical stages of the proceeding. (Acts 1987, No. 87-604, p. 1051, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 13A-5-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-5-11 - Fines for Felonies.

Section 13A-5-11Fines 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 according to procedures established by rule of court. (d) This section shall not apply if a higher fine is otherwise authorized by law for a specific crime. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §1240; Act 2006-197, p. 284, §1; Act 2015-185, §2.)
AL Code § 13A-5-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-5-12 - Fines for Misdemeanors and Violations.

Section 13A-5-12Fines for misdemeanors and violations. (a) A sentence to pay a fine for a misdemeanor shall be for a definite amount, fixed by the court, within the following limitations: (1) For a Class A misdemeanor, not more than $6,000; (2) For a Class B misdemeanor, not more than $3,000; (3) For a Class C misdemeanor, not more than $500; or (4) Any amount not exceeding double the pecuniary gain to the defendant or loss to the victim caused by the commission of the offense. (b) A sentence to pay a fine for a violation shall be for a definite amount, fixed by the court, not to exceed $200, or any amount not exceeding double the pecuniary gain to the defendant or loss to the victim caused by the commission of the offense. (c) 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. (d) The court may conduct a hearing upon the issue of defendant's gain or the victim's loss from the crime according to procedures established by rule of court. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §1245; Acts 1979, No. 79-471, p. 862, §1; Act 2006-197, p. 284, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-5-12.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-5-12.1 - Fines for Certain Additional Misdemeanors.

Section 13A-5-12.1Fines for certain additional misdemeanors. Repealed by Act 2011-680, p. 2004, §2, effective June 14, 2011. (Act 2003-355, p. 962, §2.)
AL Code § 13A-5-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 2 - Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole.|Section 13A-5-39 - Definitions.

Section 13A-5-39Definitions. As used in this article, these terms shall be defined as follows: (1) CAPITAL OFFENSE. An offense for which a defendant shall be punished by a sentence of death or life imprisonment without parole, or in the case of a defendant who establishes that he or she was under the age of 18 years at the time of the capital offense, life imprisonment, or life imprisonment without parole, according to the provisions of this article. (2) DURING. The term as used in Section 13A-5-40(a) means in the course of or in connection with the commission of, or in immediate flight from the commission of the underlying felony or attempt thereof. (3) EXPLOSIVES and EXPLOSION. The terms shall have the meanings provided in Section 13A-7-40(2) and (3). (4) BURDEN OF INTERJECTING THE ISSUE. Shall be defined as provided in Section 13A-1-2(14). (5) MURDER and MURDER BY THE DEFENDANT. Shall be defined as provided in Section 13A-5-40(b). (6) PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED and PRIOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. As used in Sections 13A-5-49(2) and 13A-5-51(1), these terms refer to events occurring before the date of the sentence hearing. (7) UNDER SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT. As used in Section 13A-5-49(1), the term means while serving a term of imprisonment, while under a suspended sentence, while on probation or parole, or while on work release, furlough, escape, or any other type of release or freedom while or after serving a term of imprisonment, other than unconditional release and freedom after expiration of the term of sentence. (Acts 1981, No. 81-178, p. 203, §1; Act 2016-360, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-5-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 2 - Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole.|Section 13A-5-41 - Lesser Included Offenses.

Section 13A-5-41Lesser included offenses. Subject to the provisions of Section 13A-1-9(b), the jury may find a defendant indicted for a crime defined in Section 13A-5-40(a) not guilty of the capital offense but guilty of a lesser included offense or offenses. Lesser included offenses shall be defined as provided in Section 13A-1-9(a), and when there is a rational basis for such a verdict, include but are not limited to, murder as defined in Section 13A-6-2(a), and the accompanying other felony, if any, in the provision of Section 13A-5-40(a) upon which the indictment is based. (Acts 1981, No. 81-178, p. 203, §3; Acts 1982, No. 82-567, p. 945, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-5-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 2 - Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole.|Section 13A-5-42 - Guilty Plea; Burden of Proof Upon State; Waiver; Sentencing.

Section 13A-5-42Guilty plea; burden of proof upon state; waiver; sentencing. A defendant who is indicted for a capital offense may plead guilty to it, but the state, only in cases where the death penalty is to be imposed, must prove the defendant's guilt of the capital offense beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury. The guilty plea may be considered in determining whether the state has met that burden of proof. The guilty plea shall have the effect of waiving all non-jurisdictional defects in the proceeding resulting in the conviction except the sufficiency of the evidence. A defendant convicted of a capital offense after pleading guilty to it shall be sentenced according to the provisions of Section 13A-5-43(d). (Acts 1981, No. 81-178, p. 203, §4; Act 2013-354, p. 1267, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-5-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 2 - Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole.|Section 13A-5-43 - Trial of Capital Offenses; Discharge of Defendant; Lesser Included Offenses; Sentencing.

Section 13A-5-43Trial of capital offenses; discharge of defendant; lesser included offenses; sentencing. (a) In the trial of a capital offense the jury shall first hear all the admissible evidence offered on the charge or charges against the defendant. It shall then determine whether the defendant is guilty of the capital offense or offenses with which he is charged or of any lesser included offense or offenses considered pursuant to Section 13A-5-41. (b) If the defendant is found not guilty of the capital offense or offenses with which he is charged, and not guilty of any lesser included offense or offenses considered pursuant to Section 13A-5-41, the defendant shall be discharged. (c) If the defendant is found not guilty of the capital offense or offenses with which he is charged, and is found guilty of a lesser included offense or offenses considered pursuant to Section 13A-5-41, sentence shall be determined and imposed as provided by law. (d) If the defendant is found guilty of a capital offense or offenses with which he is charged and the defendant does not establish to the court by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she was under the age of 18 years at the time of the capital offense or offenses with which he or she is found guilty, the sentence shall be determined as provided in Sections 13A-5-45 through 13A-5-53. (e) If the defendant is found guilty of a capital offense or offenses with which he or she is charged and the defendant establishes to the court by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she was under the age of 18 years at the time of the capital offense or offenses, the sentence shall be either life without the possibility of parole or, in the alternative, life, and the sentence shall be determined by the procedures set forth in the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure for judicially imposing sentences within the range set by statute without a jury, rather than as provided in Sections 13A-5-45 to 13A-5-53, inclusive. The judge shall consider all relevant mitigating circumstances. If the defendant is sentenced to life on a capital offense, the defendant must serve a minimum of 30 years, day for day, prior to first consideration of parole. (Acts 1981, No. 81-178, p. 203, §5; Act 2016-360, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-5-43.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 2 - Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole.|Section 13A-5-43.1 - Life Imprisonment for Certain Crimes by Persons Under 18 Years of Age.

Section 13A-5-43.1Life imprisonment for certain crimes by persons under 18 years of age.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a defendant is found guilty of any non-homicide crime for which the only sentence provided by law is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and that defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she was under the age of 18 years at the time of the offense, the sentence shall be life imprisonment. (Act 2016-360, §2.)
AL Code § 13A-5-43.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 5 - Punishments and Sentences.|Article 2 - Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole.|Section 13A-5-43.2 - Applicability of Certain Provisions to Persons Under 18 Years of Age.

Section 13A-5-43.2Applicability of certain provisions to persons under 18 years of age.  Act 2016-360 shall apply to any person under the age of 18 years at the time an offense was committed who was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole under Section 13A-5-2, 13A-5-39, 13A-5-43, or 13A-6-2, whether the person is currently incarcerated or hereinafter convicted. (Act 2016-360, §3.)