Definitions.
Known as the Alabama Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 13A-10-1 to 13A-9-92 (653 sections).
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case 435 So. 2d 1371 - Crowe v. State (1983)
Most recently applied in 898 So. 2d 790 - Lee v. State (June 2003)
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §3301.)
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) The definitions contained in Section 13A-8-1 are applicable to this article unless the context otherwise requires.
(b) “In the course of committing a theft” embraces acts which occur in an attempt to commit or the commission of theft, or in immediate flight after the attempt or commission.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.