Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-25-30 (2026)
Short Title.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This article shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Sentencing Reform Act of 2003.
(Act 2003-354, p. 948, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 2006–2017 · leading case: Ex Parte State, 960 So. 2d 740 (Ala. 2006).
Ex Parte State, 960 So. 2d 740 (Ala. 2006). “1, the "Alabama Sentencing Reform Act of 2003" § 12-25-30 to -38, Ala.Code 1975 addresses modifications in sentencing.”
Hyde v. State, 185 So. 3d 501 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). “Facts and Procedural History Hyde’s appeal involves the 2012 amendment to the Alabama Sentencing Reform Act of 2003, which is codified at §§ 12-25-30 to -38, Ala.Code 1975. Before the 2012 amendment, the Alabama Supreme Court explained: “Section 12-25-31(a) states the…”
Andrews v. State, 12 So. 3d 728 (Ala. Crim. App. 2009). “) Andrews acknowledges that the Alabama Sentencing Reform Act of 2003, *730 § 12-25-30 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, specifically provides that “[failure to follow any or all of the provisions of this section [use of voluntary sentencing standards], or failure to follow any or all of…”
Jones v. State, 104 So. 3d 296 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “Jones argues in his brief on appeal that his sentence is illegal because, he says, he should have been sentenced under the voluntary sentencing standards set forth in § 12-25-30 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, the Alabama Sentencing Reform Act.”
State v. Jones, 13 So. 3d 915 (Ala. 2008). “Acts 2006, the Alabama Sentence Reform Act of 2003 is codified at §§ 12-25-30 to -38, Ala.Code 1975 (“the Act”).”
Williams v. State, 3 So. 3d 285 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008). “The stated purpose of the Sentencing Act is “to protect public safety by providing a fair, effective, and efficient criminal justice system” through a variety of means, including the use of “[voluntary sentencing standards used to guide judicial decision makers in determining…”
Mosley v. State, 187 So. 3d 1194 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). “The legislature, in 2003, enacted the Alabama Sentencing Reform Act of 2003, see § 12-25-30, Ala.Code 1975, in which the legislature directed the Commission to “develop and present the initial volun- ■ tary sentencing standards to the Legislature before or during the 2006…”
Showers v. State, 256 So. 3d 124 (Ala. Crim. App. 2017). “2015) (detailing the history of the Alabama Sentencing Reform Act of 2003, codified at §§ 12-25-30 to -38, Ala. Code 1975, as well as the 2012 amendment to that act).”
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