Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-1-11 (2026)
Effective Date.
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This title shall take effect at 12:01 A.M. o’clock on January 1, 1980.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §9910; Acts 1978, No. 770, p. 1110, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-125, p. 230.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1981–1985 · leading case: Hays v. State, 518 So. 2d 749 (Ala. Crim. App. 1985).
Hays v. State, 518 So. 2d 749 (Ala. Crim. App. 1985). “[5] Section 13A-1-11, Code of Alabama 1975, provides that the new criminal code, Section 13A, "shall take effect at 12:01 A.”
Thigpen v. Smith, 603 F. Supp. 1519 (S.D. Ala. 1985). “See Ala.Code § 13A-1-11 (1975). Not until the provisions of the new criminal code took effect did the repealer sections take effect.”
Jakes v. State, 398 So. 2d 342 (Ala. Crim. App. 1981). “§ 13A-1-11, Code of Alabama 1975. “Disorderly conduct” is now proscribed by § 13A-11-7, which, by way of comparison, states: “(a) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, with the intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk…”
Smith v. State, 446 So. 2d 68 (Ala. Crim. App. 1984). “” Although this decision was released after the Alabama Criminal Code took effect on January 1, 1980, § 13A-1-11 Code of Alabama 1975, the actual offense occurred prior to this date and Watson was therefore tried under the common law as required by the criminal code.”
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