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Under the current Code of Alabama Section 13A-10-52, fleeing a law enforcement officer is a Class A misdemeanor with a penalty of up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $6,000.
In 1977, the Alabama legislature enacted a set of laws known as the "Alabama Criminal Code." [102] The Act (No. 607) was originally introduced in the Alabama Senate by Senator Finis St. John as S. 33, [103] and was approved May 16, 1977 at 6:00 PM. [104] The 1977 Alabama Criminal Code was intended:
2010 Georgia Code Title 17 - Criminal Procedure Chapter 13 - Criminal Extradition Article 2 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Act § 17-13-29 - Authority of arresting officers; penalties for refusal to assist arresting officers [22] O.C.G.A. 17-13-29 (2010) 17-13-29.
In Alabama, the common law felony murder rule has been codified in Alabama Code § 13A-6-2(a)(3). It provides that when a person commits various crimes and "in the course of and in furtherance of the crime" another is killed, then the perpetrator is guilty of murder, a "Class A Felony", the punishment of which is not less than 10 years nor more than 99 years in prison, or life in prison.
In the United States, the law for murder varies by jurisdiction. In many US jurisdictions there is a hierarchy of acts, known collectively as homicide, of which first-degree murder and felony murder [1] are the most serious, followed by second-degree murder and, in a few states, third-degree murder, which in other states is divided into voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter such ...
Alabama Code Title 13A. Criminal Code § 13A-7-4.2, known as the Charles "Chuck" Poland, Jr. Act, [20] forbids trespass onto a school bus. It was named for Charles Poland, Jr., the school bus driver killed by Dykes. The act was signed into law by Governor Robert J. Bentley in June 2013. [21]
Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45 (1932), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court reversed the convictions of nine young black men for allegedly raping two white women on a freight train near Scottsboro, Alabama. The majority of the Court reasoned that the right to retain and be represented by a lawyer was ...
In its coverage, Title 18 is similar to most U.S. state criminal codes, typically referred to by names such as Penal Code, Criminal Code, or Crimes Code. [2] Typical of state criminal codes is the California Penal Code. [3] Many U.S. state criminal codes, unlike the federal Title 18, are based on the Model Penal Code promulgated by the American ...