Sodomy in the First Degree. (Amended by Act 2026-55)
Known as the Protecting Alabama’s Elders Act
The act spans §§ 13A-6-1 to 13A-6-96 (103 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Smith (2000)
Most recently applied in United States v. Lancy White, Jr. (August 2016)
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2315; Act 2019-465, §1.)
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
AMENDED BY ACT 2026-55, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.
(a) A person commits the crime of sodomy in the first degree if he or she does any of the following:
(1) Engages in sodomy with another person by forcible compulsion.
(2) Engages in sodomy with another person who is incapable of consent by reason of being incapacitated.
(3) Being 16 years old or older, engages in sodomy with a person who is less than 12 years old.
(b) Sodomy in the first degree is a Class A felony.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.