Sexual Abuse of a Child Less Than 12 Years Old.
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 260 So. 3d 1247 - State v. Aguliar-Benitez (2018)
Most recently applied in 260 So. 3d 1247 - State v. Aguliar-Benitez (December 2018)
(Act 2006-575, p. 1512, §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.
(a) A person commits the crime of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old if he or she, being 16 years old or older, subjects another person who is less than 12 years old to sexual contact.
(b) Sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old is a Class B felony.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.