Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-10-101 (2026)
Perjury in the First Degree.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) A person commits the crime of perjury in the first degree when in any official proceeding he swears falsely and his false statement is material to the proceeding in which it is made.
(b) Perjury in the first degree is a Class C felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4905.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases, 1985–2018 · leading case: Zimlich v. State, 872 So. 2d 881 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003).
Zimlich v. State, 872 So. 2d 881 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “The Supreme Court further stated that “[w]e note that the indictment more closely tracked § 13A-10-104, which allows a person to be prosecuted for inconsistent statements that occurred within the statutory limitations period, and that it cited the felony-perjury statute, §…”
Ikner v. State, 600 So. 2d 435 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992). “The crime of perjury in the first degree is defined in Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-10-101: "(a) A person commits the crime of perjury in the first degree when in any official proceeding he swears falsely and his false statement is material to the proceeding in which it is made.”
Ex Parte Sullivan, 779 So. 2d 1157 (Ala. 2000). “Following charges that Sullivan had suborned Zimlich's allegedly perjured testimony, a Mobile County grand jury indicted Sullivan for first-degree perjury, pursuant to § 13A-10-101, Ala.Code 1975, in October 1998, based on the testimony of Zimlich at the grand jury proceedings.”
State v. Douglas, 388 N.W.2d 801 (Neb. 1986). “, Ala. Code § 13A-10-101 (repl. 1982); N.D.”
Flood v. State of Alabama Dept. of Indus. Relations, 948 F. Supp. 1535 (M.D. Ala. 1996). “For example, § 13A-10-101(a) provides that "A person commits the crime of perjury in the first degree when in any official proceeding he swears falsely and his false statement is material to the proceeding in which it is made.”
Crawford v. State, 548 So. 2d 615 (Ala. Crim. App. 1989). “The appellant was found guilty of peiju-ry in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-10-101, Code of Alabama (1975). He was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, with the sentence to be split so that three years would be served and seven years suspended, during which the…”
Tubbs v. State, 931 So. 2d 66 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005). “See, § 13A-10-101, Ala.Code 1975. OPINION OF JUNE 24, 2005, WITHDRAWN; OPINION SUBSTITUTED; APPLICATION FOR REHEARING OVERRULED; AFFIRMED.”
Habel v. State, 268 So. 3d 651 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “Sara Courtney Habel was convicted of first-degree perjury, see § 13A-10-101, Ala. Code 1975, and was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.”
Habel v. State, 268 So. 3d 651 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “Sara Courtney Habel was convicted of first-degree perjury, see § 13A-10-101, Ala. Code 1975, and was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.”
Cooner v. State, 272 So. 3d 206 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “Code 1975, two counts of first-degree perjury, see § 13A-10-101, Ala. Code 1975, one count of third-degree perjury, see § 13A-10-103, Ala.”
Alvarado, 26 I. & N. Dec. 895 (2016). “, Ala. Code § 13A-10-101 (1996) (proscribing perjury in the first degree); Ark.”
Fort v. State, 668 So. 2d 888 (Ala. Crim. App. 1995). “Section 13A-10-101(a), Code of Ala.1975, provides: “A person commits the crime of perjury in the first degree when in any official proceeding he swears falsely and his false statement is material to the proceeding in which it is made.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-10-101(a) — 5 cases
Flood v. State of Alabama Dept. of Indus. Relations, 948 F. Supp. 1535 (M.D. Ala. 1996). “For example, § 13A-10-101(a) provides that "A person commits the crime of perjury in the first degree when in any official proceeding he swears falsely and his false statement is material to the proceeding in which it is made.”
Fort v. State, 668 So. 2d 888 (Ala. Crim. App. 1995). “Section 13A-10-101(a), Code of Ala.1975, provides: “A person commits the crime of perjury in the first degree when in any official proceeding he swears falsely and his false statement is material to the proceeding in which it is made.”
Habel v. State, 268 So. 3d 651 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “Sara Courtney Habel was convicted of first-degree perjury, see § 13A-10-101, Ala. Code 1975, and was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.”
Habel v. State, 268 So. 3d 651 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “Sara Courtney Habel was convicted of first-degree perjury, see § 13A-10-101, Ala. Code 1975, and was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.”
Bogle v. State, 477 So. 2d 507 (Ala. Crim. App. 1985).
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