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In Alabama, the common law felony murder rule has been codified in Alabama Code § 13A-6-2(a)(3). It provides that when a person commits various crimes and "in the course of and in furtherance of the crime" another is killed, then the perpetrator is guilty of murder, a "Class A Felony", the punishment of which is not less than 10 years nor more than 99 years in prison, or life in prison.
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals is one of two appellate courts in the Alabama judicial system. The court was established in 1969 when what had been one unitary state Court of Appeals was broken into a criminal appeals court and a civil appeals court. The unitary Court of Appeals had been operative since 1911.
In 1977, the Alabama legislature enacted a set of laws known as the "Alabama Criminal Code." [102] The Act (No. 607) was originally introduced in the Alabama Senate by Senator Finis St. John as S. 33, [103] and was approved May 16, 1977 at 6:00 PM. [104] The 1977 Alabama Criminal Code was intended:
Under the current Code of Alabama Section 13A-10-52, fleeing a law enforcement officer is a Class A misdemeanor with a penalty of up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $6,000.
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) is the agency responsible for incarceration of convicted felons in the state of Alabama in the United States. It is headquartered in the Alabama Criminal Justice Center in Montgomery .
Alabama lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation that could see librarians prosecuted under the state's obscenity law for providing “harmful” materials to minors, the latest in a wave of ...
Some of the four people killed in a deadly Alabama shooting had "extensive criminal" histories and might have been killed in a "cowardly" murder-for-hire hit, authorities said Monday.
Offense Mandatory Sentencing Second Degree Murder Any term of years or life imprisonment without parole (There is no federal parole, U.S. sentencing guidelines offense level 38: 235–293 months with a clean record, 360 months–life with serious past offenses)