In addition to any penalties heretofore or hereafter provided by law for any person convicted of an unlawful sale of a controlled substance, there is hereby imposed a penalty of five years incarceration in a state corrections facility with no provision for probation if the situs of such unlawful sale was on the campus or within a three-mile radius of the campus boundaries of any public or private school, college, university or other educational institution in this state.
Ala. Code § 13A-12-250
Additional Penalty If Unlawful Sale on or Near School Campus.
Known as the Alabama Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 13A-10-1 to 13A-9-92 (653 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Commonwealth v. Alvarez (1992)
Most recently applied in United States v. Cedrin Farodd Carter (August 2020)
(Acts 1987, No. 87-610, p. 1060; Code 1975, §20-2-79; Acts 1988, 1st Ex
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