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Ala. Code § 13A-1-4 (2026)

When Act or Omission Constitutes Crime.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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No act or omission is a crime unless made so by this title or by other applicable statute or lawful ordinance.

(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §110.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1992–2011 · leading case: Key v. State, 890 So. 2d 1043 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002).
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Key v. State, 890 So. 2d 1043 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002). · cites it 4× “" Additionally, the Commentary to § 13A-1-4 states in pertinent part: "The original draft of this section included an explicit provision to abolish common law crimes, which is a feature of most modern criminal codes; but the Advisory Committee considered such provision impolitic…”
Carroll v. State, 599 So. 2d 1253 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992). “" Among the purposes stated in § 13A-1-4 is that found in subsection (2): "To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct proscribed.”
Jennifer Crawford v. State of Alabama., 100 So. 3d 610 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “’ Among the purposes stated in § 13A-1-4 is that found in subsection (2): ‘To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct proscribed.”
McFadden v. State, 67 So. 3d 169 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “’ Among the purposes stated in § 13A-1-4 is that found in subsection (2): ‘To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct proscribed,’ ” Carroll v.”
Rich v. State, 49 So. 3d 734 (Ala. Crim. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “' Among the purposes stated in § 13A-1-4 is that found in subsection (2): `To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct proscribed.”
State v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins., 835 So. 2d 234 (Ala. 2002). “See § 13A-1-4, Ala.Code 1975 (“No act or omission is a crime unless made so by this title or by other applicable statute or lawful ordinance.”
PJB v. State, 999 So. 2d 581 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008). “' Among the purposes stated in § 13A-1-4 is that found in subsection (2): `To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct proscribed.”
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