2023 Code of Alabama
Title 13A - Criminal Code.
Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety.
Article 3 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons.
Division 2 - Pistols.
Section 13A-11-71 - Committing Crime When Armed; Evidence of Intent.
Section 13A-11-71
Committing crime when armed; evidence of intent.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-133 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2023. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING.
If any person shall commit or attempt to commit a crime of violence when armed with a pistol, he may, in addition to the punishment provided for the crime, be punished also as provided by this division. In the trial of a person for committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence, the fact that he was armed with a pistol and had no license to carry the same shall be prima facie evidence of his intention to commit said crime of violence.
(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 51; Code 1940, T. 14, §173; Acts 1951, No. 784, p. 1378; Code 1975, §13-6-151.)