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Shelton was accused of third-degree assault, which, in Alabama, is a misdemeanor and carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $2,000 fine.The court repeatedly warned Shelton of the dangers of representing himself during the trial, yet failed to offer him counsel.
Even before Alabama was a State, members of its legislature (as part of the Mississippi Territory) adopted an Act prohibiting rape. Across the next century, as Alabama joined the United States and its legislature codified and re-codified its laws, Alabama's prohibition of rape, and understanding of what constituted rape, transformed.
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.
In the United States, the law for murder varies by jurisdiction. In many US jurisdictions there is a hierarchy of acts, known collectively as homicide, of which first-degree murder and felony murder [1] are the most serious, followed by second-degree murder and, in a few states, third-degree murder, which in other states is divided into voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter such ...
The Montgomery Police Department announced that 21-year-old Mary Todd was charged with assault in the third degree. She is currently behind bars in the Municipal Jail, the police added.
Assault Causing the Death of A Child Under 8 Years of Age (Penal Code 273ab(a)) 25 years to life First Degree Murder constituting a hate crime or of an operator or driver Life without parole (eligible for parole after 25 years if the defendant was under 18) First Degree Murder with special circumstances
A former FBI agent was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl while serving as an Alabama state trooper. Alabama's state police hired Christopher Bauer ...
On February 6, 2015, three police officers assaulted, detained, and seriously injured Sureshbhai Patel, a 57-year-old Indian national, in a residential neighborhood in Madison, Alabama, U.S. A neighborhood resident called the police on Patel, who was visiting his son and spoke no English, for alleged suspicious behavior in the neighborhood.