Alabama Chapter 5 — PUNISHMENTS AND SENTENCES.
Article 1 General Provisions.
- Section 13A-5-1 — Applicability of provisions.
- Section 13A-5-2 — Authorized dispositions.
- Section 13A-5-3 — Classification of offenses.
- Section 13A-5-4 — Designation of offenses.
- Section 13A-5-5 — Presentence investigation.
- Section 13A-5-6 — Sentences of imprisonment for felonies.
- Section 13A-5-7 — Sentences of imprisonment for misdemeanors and violations.
- Section 13A-5-8 — Place of imprisonment.
- Section 13A-5-9 — Habitual felony offenders - Additional penalties.
- Section 13A-5-9.1 — Retroactive application of Section 13A-5-9.
- Section 13A-5-10 — Habitual felony offenders - Proof; restriction on imposition of penalty.
- Section 13A-5-10.1 — Habitual felony offenders - Proof; certified copies of case action summary sheets, docket sheets, etc.
- Section 13A-5-11 — Fines for felonies.
- Section 13A-5-12 — Fines for misdemeanors and violations.
- Section 13A-5-12.1 — Fines for certain additional misdemeanors.
- Section 13A-5-13 — Crimes motivated by victim's race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity or physical or mental disability.
Article 2 Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole.
- Section 13A-5-39 — Definitions.
- Section 13A-5-40 — Capital offenses.
- Section 13A-5-41 — Lesser included offenses.
- Section 13A-5-42 — Guilty plea; burden of proof upon state; waiver; sentencing.
- Section 13A-5-43 — Trial of capital offenses; discharge of defendant; lesser included offenses; sentencing.
- Section 13A-5-44 — Jury selection and separation; waiver by defendant of jury participation in sentence hearing.
- Section 13A-5-45 — Sentence hearing - Delay; statements and arguments; admissibility of evidence; burden of proof; mitigating and aggravating circumstances.
- Section 13A-5-46 — Sentence hearing - Conducted before jury unless waived; trial jury to sit unless impossible or impracticable; separation of jury; instructions to jury; advisory verdicts; vote required; mistrial; waiver of right to advisory verdict.
- Section 13A-5-47 — Determination of sentence by court; pre-sentence investigation report; presentation of arguments on aggravating and mitigating circumstances; court to enter written findings; court not bound by sentence recommended by jury.
- Section 13A-5-48 — Process of weighing aggravating and mitigating circumstances defined.
- Section 13A-5-49 — Aggravating circumstances.
- Section 13A-5-50 — Consideration of aggravating circumstances in sentence determination.
- Section 13A-5-51 — Mitigating circumstances - Generally.
- Section 13A-5-52 — Mitigating circumstances - Inclusion of defendant's character, record, etc.
- Section 13A-5-53 — Appellate review of death sentence; scope; remand; specific determinations to be made by court; authority of court following review.
- Section 13A-5-54 — Appointment of experienced counsel for indigent defendants.
- Section 13A-5-55 — Conviction and sentence of death subject to automatic review.
- Section 13A-5-56 — Supreme court to promulgate indictment forms, verdict forms and jury instructions.
- Section 13A-5-57 — Application of article to conduct after effective date.
- Section 13A-5-58 — Interpretation of article.
- Section 13A-5-59 — Application of article upon finding of unconstitutionality.