It is not necessary to state the precise time at which an offense was committed in an indictment; but it may be alleged to have been committed on any day before the finding of the indictment, or generally before the finding of the indictment, unless time is a material ingredient of the offense.
Ala. Code § 15-8-30
Statement of Time.
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 431 So. 2d 555 - Bush v. State (1982)
Most recently applied in United States v. Joshua Reshi Dudley (July 2021)
(Code 1852, §565; Code 1867, §4115; Code 1876, §4788; Code 1886, §4373; Code 1896, §4901; Code 1907, §7139; Code 1923, §4534; Code 1940, T. 15, §237.)
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