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AL Code § 12-22-222 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 22 - Appellate Proceedings.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 6 - Writs of Error.|Section 12-22-222 - Stay of Proceedings on Judgment; Admission of Defendant to Bail; Proceedings on Failure to Appear.

Section 12-22-222Stay of proceedings on judgment; admission of defendant to bail; proceedings on failure to appear. (a) If the defendant is in the custody of the sheriff and the order allowing the writ directs a stay of proceedings on the judgment, the sheriff must, on being served with the clerk's certificate that the order has been filed and with a copy of the order, keep and detain the defendant in his custody, without executing the sentence which may have been passed on his conviction, to abide the judgment that may be entered on the writ of error. (b) If the conviction is for an offense which is not punished capitally or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, the judge or court must also direct the clerk of the court in which conviction was had to admit the defendant to bail in a sum which may be prescribed by the court, with sufficient sureties, conditioned for his appearance at the next session of the court in which the conviction was had and, from session to session thereafter, to abide such judgment as may be entered on the writ of error. (c) If the defendant fails to appear according to the undertaking, a writ of arrest must be issued and the same proceedings be thereon had as are prescribed by Sections 12-22-244 and 12-22-245, and the same proceedings must be had on the forfeited undertaking as on the forfeiture of other undertakings of bail in said court. (Code 1876, §§4987-4989; Code 1886, §§4519-4521; Code 1896, §§4330-4332; Code 1907, §§6261-6263; Acts 1909, No. 111, p. 62; Code 1923, §§3255-3257; Code 1940, T. 15, §§386-388.)
AL Code § 12-22-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 22 - Appellate Proceedings.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 7 - Disposition of Appeals.|Section 12-22-240 - Consideration of Cases by Court of Criminal Appeals Generally.

Section 12-22-240Consideration of cases by Court of Criminal Appeals generally. In all cases appealable to the Court of Criminal Appeals, the court must consider all questions apparent on the record or reserved in the circuit court and must enter such judgment as the law demands. (Code 1876, §4990; Code 1886, §4509; Code 1896, §4333; Code 1907, §6264; Code 1923, §3258; Code 1940, T. 15, §389.)
AL Code § 12-22-241 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 22 - Appellate Proceedings.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 7 - Disposition of Appeals.|Section 12-22-241 - Consideration of Automatic Appeals; Reversal of Judgment and Granting of New Trial.

Section 12-22-241Consideration of automatic appeals; reversal of judgment and granting of new trial. In all cases of automatic appeals, the appellate court may consider, at its discretion, any testimony that was seriously prejudicial to the rights of the appellant and may reverse thereon, even though no objection was made thereto. The appellate court shall consider all of the testimony; and, if upon such consideration it is of opinion the verdict is so decidedly contrary to the great weight of the evidence as to be wrong and unjust and that upon that ground a new trial should be had, the court shall enter an order of reversal of the judgment and grant a new trial, though no motion to that effect was presented in the court below. (Acts 1943, No. 249, p. 217, §10.)
AL Code § 12-22-242 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 22 - Appellate Proceedings.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 7 - Disposition of Appeals.|Section 12-22-242 - Reversal of Judgment.

Section 12-22-242Reversal of judgment. If the judgment is reversed, the appellate court may order a new trial or that the defendant be discharged or that he be held in custody until discharged by due course of law or make such other order as the case may require. If the defendant is ordered to be discharged, no forfeiture can be taken on his undertaking of bail. (Code 1876, §4992; Code 1886, §4523; Code 1896, §4335; Code 1907, §6266; Code 1923, §3259; Code 1940, T. 15, §390.)
AL Code § 12-22-243 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 22 - Appellate Proceedings.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 7 - Disposition of Appeals.|Section 12-22-243 - Affirmation of Judgment in Capital Cases.

Section 12-22-243Affirmation of judgment in capital cases. Upon affirmation of a judgment carrying the death penalty, the Court of Criminal Appeals must direct the sentence to be executed and, if the day appointed for the execution of the sentence has passed, must specify a day for the execution of the sentence, and the judgment and sentence must be executed accordingly. (Code 1876, §4991; Code 1886, §4522; Code 1896, §4334; Code 1907, §6265; Code 1923, §3260; Code 1940, T. 15, §391.)
AL Code § 12-22-244 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 22 - Appellate Proceedings.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 7 - Disposition of Appeals.|Section 12-22-244 - Duty of Defendant on Bail to Surrender Upon Affirmation of Conviction or Dismissal of Appeal.

Section 12-22-244Duty of defendant on bail to surrender upon affirmation of conviction or dismissal of appeal. When the defendant in a case of misdemeanor or felony is sentenced to hard labor, imprisonment or to the penitentiary, gives bail pending the appeal and the judgment of conviction is affirmed or the appeal is dismissed, he is bound by the undertaking of bail to surrender himself to the sheriff, at the county jail, within 15 days from the date of such affirmance or dismissal. If he shall fail to do so, the sheriff must endorse the bail bond forfeited, and a writ of arrest must be issued by the clerk; if not executed, another must be issued, and so on until the judgment has been executed. If the defendant is taken on such writ or if he shall surrender himself to the sheriff, the sentence must, without delay, be carried out as if no appeal had been taken. (Code 1852, §755; Code 1867, §4306; Code 1876, §4982; Code 1886, §4513; Code 1896, §4321; Code 1907, §6252; Acts 1911, No. 463, p. 626; Code 1923, §3245; Code 1940, T. 15, §376.)
AL Code § 12-22-245 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 22 - Appellate Proceedings.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 7 - Disposition of Appeals.|Section 12-22-245 - Effect of Undertaking When Conviction Reversed and Case Remanded.

Section 12-22-245Effect of undertaking when conviction reversed and case remanded. When the judgment of conviction is reversed and the case remanded, such undertaking binds the defendant to appear from time to time until discharged by law and to answer the charge, as in bail before conviction, but the defendant is not bound to appear before the trial court pending his appeal. (Code 1896, §4322; Code 1907, §6253; Code 1923, §3246; Code 1940, T. 15, §377.)
AL Code § 12-22-246 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 22 - Appellate Proceedings.|Article 2 - Criminal Cases.|Division 7 - Disposition of Appeals.|Section 12-22-246 - Proceedings When Undertaking Forfeited.

Section 12-22-246Proceedings when undertaking forfeited. When any undertaking of bail under the provisions of Sections 12-22-244 or 12-22-245 is forfeited by the failure of the defendant to surrender himself to the sheriff or to appear and answer the charge, according to the terms and effect of such undertaking, the same proceeding must be had thereon as on the forfeiture of other undertakings of bail in the circuit court. (Code 1852, §756; Code 1867, §4307; Code 1876, §4983; Code 1886, §4514; Code 1896, §4323; Code 1906, §6254; Code 1923, §3247; Code 1940, T. 15, §378.)
AL Code § 13A-11-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-11-50 - Carrying Concealed Weapons.

Section 13A-11-50Carrying concealed weapons. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, a person who carries concealed about his person a bowie knife or knife or instrument of like kind or description or a pistol or firearm of any other kind or an air gun shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. (Code 1852, §15; Code 1867, §3555; Code 1876, §4109; Code 1886, §3775; Code 1896, §4420; Code 1907, §6421; Code 1923, §3485; Code 1940, T. 14, §161; Code 1975, §13-6-120.)
AL Code § 13A-11-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-11-51 - Evidence of Apprehension of Attack May Mitigate Punishment, Etc.

Section 13A-11-51Evidence of apprehension of attack may mitigate punishment, etc. The defendant being tried under the provisions of Section 13A-11-50 may give evidence that at the time of carrying the weapon concealed, he had good reason to apprehend an attack, which the jury may consider in mitigation of the punishment or in justification of the offense. (Code 1852, §15; Code 1867, §3555; Code 1876, §4109; Code 1886, §3775; Code 1896, §4420; Code 1907, §6421; Code 1923, §3485; Code 1940, T. 14, §162; Code 1975, §13-6-121.)
AL Code § 13A-11-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-11-52 - Carrying Pistol on Private Property; Who May Carry Pistol.

Section 13A-11-52Carrying pistol on private property; who may carry pistol. Except as otherwise provided in this article, no person shall carry a pistol about his person on private property not his own or under his control unless the person possesses a valid concealed weapon permit or the person has the consent of the owner or legal possessor of the premises; but this section shall not apply to any law enforcement officer in the lawful discharge of the duties of his office, or to United States marshal or his deputies, rural free delivery mail carriers in the discharge of their duties as such, bonded constables in the discharge of their duties as such, conductors, railway mail clerks and express messengers in the discharge of their duties. (Acts 1919, No. 204, p. 196; Code 1923, §3487; Code 1940, T. 14, §163; Code 1975, §13-6-122; Act 2013-283, p. 938, §2.)
AL Code § 13A-11-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-11-53 - Brass Knuckles and Slingshots.

Section 13A-11-53Brass knuckles and slingshots. Anyone who carries concealed about his person brass knuckles, slingshots or other weapon of like kind or description shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. (Code 1876, §4110; Code 1886, §3776; Code 1896, §4421; Code 1907, §6422; Code 1923, §3486; Code 1940, T. 14, §164; Code 1975, §13-6-123.)
AL Code § 13A-11-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-11-54 - Carrying Rifle or Shotgun Walking Cane.

Section 13A-11-54Carrying rifle or shotgun walking cane. Any person who carries a rifle or shotgun walking cane shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than two years. (Code 1876, §4111; Code 1886, §3777; Code 1896, §4422; Code 1907, §6423; Code 1923, §3489; Code 1940, T. 14, §165; Code 1975, §13-6-124.)
AL Code § 13A-11-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-11-55 - Indictment for Carrying Weapons Unlawfully; Proof.

Section 13A-11-55Indictment for carrying weapons unlawfully; proof. In an indictment for carrying weapons unlawfully, it is sufficient to charge that the defendant carried concealed about his person a pistol, or other description of firearms, on premises not his own, or a bowie knife, or other knife or instrument of the like kind or description, or other forbidden weapon, describing it, as the case may be; and the excuse, if any, must be proved by the defendant on the trial, to the satisfaction of the jury; and if the evidence offered to excuse the charge raises a reasonable doubt of the defendant's guilt, the jury must acquit him. (Code 1852, §586; Code 1867, §4136; Code 1876, §4809; Code 1886, §3779; Code 1896, §4424; Code 1907, §6425; Acts 1919, No. 204, p. 196; Code 1923, §3491; Code 1940, T. 14, §166; Code 1975, §13-6-125.)
AL Code § 13A-11-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-11-56 - Using Firearms While Fighting in Public Place.

Section 13A-11-56Using firearms while fighting in public place. Any person who, while fighting in the streets of any city or town, or at a militia muster, or at any public place, whether public in itself, or made public at the time by an assemblage of persons, uses or attempts to use, except in self-defense, any kind of firearms shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $200.00 nor more than $500.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not less than six months. (Code 1852, §129; Code 1867, §3671; Code 1876, §4228; Code 1886, §4094; Code 1896, §5353; Code 1907, §6895; Code 1923, §4045; Code 1940, T. 14, §169; Code 1975, §13-6-127.)
AL Code § 13A-11-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-11-57 - Selling, etc., Pistol or Bowie Knife to Minor.

Section 13A-11-57Selling, etc., pistol or bowie knife to minor. (a) Any person who sells, gives or lends to any minor any pistol , except under the circumstances provided in Section 13A-11-72, bowie knife, or other knife of like kind or description, shall, on conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). (b) This section does not apply to a transfer by inheritance of title to, but not possession of, a pistol, bowie knife, or other knife of like kind or description to a minor. (Code 1852, §204; Code 1867, §3751; Code 1876, §4230; Code 1886, §4096; Code 1896, §5355; Code 1907, §6896; Code 1923, §4046; Code 1940, T. 14, §170; Code 1975, §13-6-128; Act 2015-341, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-11-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-11-58 - Sale of Firearms or Ammunition to Residents of Other States; Purchase in Other States.

Section 13A-11-58Sale of firearms or ammunition to residents of other states; purchase in other states. (a) Any resident of Alabama authorized to sell and deliver rifles, shotguns, and ammunition may sell and deliver them to a resident of any state where the sale of the firearms and ammunition is legal. Any purchaser of the firearm or ammunition may take or send it out of the state or have it delivered to his or her place of residence. (b) Any resident of Alabama who legally purchases rifles, shotguns, and ammunition in any state where the purchase is legal may take delivery of the weapons either in the state where they were purchased or in Alabama. (Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 175, p. 241; Code 1975, §13-6-130; Act 2007-196, p. 232, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-11-58.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-11-58.1 - Improper Transfer of Firearm or Weapon; Providing False Information to Dealer.

Section 13A-11-58.1Improper transfer of firearm or weapon; providing false information to dealer. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) AMMUNITION. Any cartridge, shell, or projectile designed for use in a firearm. (2) LICENSED DEALER. A person who is licensed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 923 or Section 13A-11-79, to engage in the business of dealing in firearms. (3) MATERIALLY FALSE INFORMATION. Information that portrays an illegal transaction as legal or a legal transaction as illegal. (4) PRIVATE SELLER. A person who sells or offers for sale any firearm, as defined in Section 13A-8-1(4), or ammunition. (b) A person who knowingly solicits, persuades, encourages, or entices a licensed dealer or private seller of a firearm or ammunition to transfer a firearm or ammunition under circumstances which the person knows would violate the laws of this state or the United States is guilty of a Class C felony. (c) A person who provides to a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition what the person knows to be materially false information with intent to deceive the dealer or seller about the legality of the transfer of a firearm or ammunition is guilty of a Class C felony. (d) This section does not apply to a peace officer acting in his or her official capacity or to a person acting at the direction of a peace officer. (Act 2011-570, p. 1164, §1.)
AL Code § 13A-11-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-11-60 - Possession or Sale of Brass or Steel Teflon-Coated Handgun Ammunition; Applicability of Section.

Section 13A-11-60Possession or sale of brass or steel teflon-coated handgun ammunition; applicability of section. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the possession or sale of brass or steel teflon-coated handgun ammunition is illegal anywhere within the State of Alabama. The possession or sale of said ammunition or any ammunition of like kind designed to penetrate bullet-proof vests shall be unlawful and punishable as provided in subsection (c) of this section. (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to state or local law enforcement officers; nor shall it apply to the possession or sale of teflon-coated lead or brass ammunition designed to expand upon contact. (c) Any person who while armed with a firearm in the commission or attempted commission of any felony, has in his or her immediate possession, teflon-coated ammunition for such firearm, upon conviction of such felony or attempted felony, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for said felony or attempted felony, shall be punished by the imposition of an additional term of three years in the penitentiary. (d) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class C felony as defined by Section 13A-5-3. (Acts 1982, No. 82-509.)
AL Code § 13A-11-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-11-61 - Discharging Firearm, etc., Into Occupied or Unoccupied Building, etc., Prohibited; Penalty.

Section 13A-11-61Discharging firearm, etc., into occupied or unoccupied building, etc., prohibited; penalty. (a) No person shall shoot or discharge a firearm, explosive or other weapon which discharges a dangerous projectile into any occupied or unoccupied dwelling or building or railroad locomotive or railroad car, aircraft, automobile, truck or watercraft in this state. (b) Any person who commits an act prohibited by subsection (a) with respect to an occupied dwelling or building or railroad locomotive or railroad car, aircraft, automobile, truck or watercraft shall be deemed guilty of a Class B felony as defined by the state criminal code, and upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law. (c) Any person who commits any act prohibited by subsection (a) hereof with respect to an unoccupied dwelling or building or railroad locomotive or railroad car, aircraft, automobile, truck or watercraft shall be deemed guilty of a Class C felony as defined by the state criminal code, and upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law. (Acts 1984, No. 84-276, p. 463, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 13A-11-61.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 13A-11-61.1 - Discharging Into a School Bus or School Building.

Section 13A-11-61.1Discharging into a school bus or school building. (a) No person shall shoot or discharge a firearm into an occupied or unoccupied school bus or school building. (b) A person who shoots or discharges a firearm into an occupied school bus or school building shall be guilty of a Class B felony. (c) A person who shoots or discharges a firearm into an unoccupied school bus or school building shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (d) This section shall not be construed to repeal other criminal laws. Whenever conduct prescribed by any provision of this section is also prescribed by any other provision of law, the provision which carries the more serious penalty shall be applied. (Act 2006-539, p. 1242, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 13A-11-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 13A - Criminal Code.|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.|Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.|Division 1A - Rifles and Shotguns.|Section 13A-11-62 - Definitions.

Section 13A-11-62Definitions. For purposes of this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) FIREARM. Definition is same as provided in Section 13A-8-1(4). (2) RIFLE. Any weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifled bore for each pull of the trigger. (3) SHOTGUN. A weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shot or a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger. (4) SHORT-BARRELED RIFLE. A rifle having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length and any weapon made from a rifle (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if such weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than 26 inches. (5) SHORT-BARRELED SHOTGUN. A shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length and any weapon made from a shotgun (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches. (Acts 1982, No. 82-430, §1.)