Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-10-123 (2026)
Intimidating a Witness.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) A person commits the crime of intimidating a witness if he attempts, by use of a threat directed to a witness or a person he believes will be called as a witness in any official proceedings, to:
(1) Corruptly influence the testimony of that person;
(2) Induce that person to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or
(3) Induce that person to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.
(b) “Threat,” as used in this section, means any threat proscribed by Section 13A-6-25 on criminal coercion.
(c) Intimidating a witness is a Class C felony.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5015.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1998–2026 · leading case: Montez Spradley v. State of Alabama., 128 So. 3d 774 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011).
Montez Spradley v. State of Alabama., 128 So. 3d 774 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “Code 1975, and of intimidating a witness, see § 13A-10-123, Ala.Code 1975. The jury, by a vote of 10 to 2, recommended that Sprad-ley be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.”
Johnson v. State, 932 So. 2d 979 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005). “According to Johnson, § 13A-10-123, Ala.Code 1975, requires that an official proceeding be pending before an accused can be convicted of intimidating a witness.”
Heard v. Hannah, 51 F. Supp. 3d 1129 (N.D. Ala. 2014). “§ 13A-10-123; three counts of harassment, see id.”
Howard v. State, 902 So. 2d 127 (Ala. Crim. App. 2004). “…§ 13A-8-15; robbery third degree, § 13A-8-4.3; impersonating a peace officer, § 13A-10-11; escape second degree, § 13A-10-32; escape third degree, § 13A-10-33; facilitating escape first degree, § 13A-10-34; hindering prosecution first degree, § 13A-10-43; and intimidating…”
King v. State, 730 So. 2d 261 (Ala. Crim. App. 1998). “Wilbur Rodney King was convicted of intimidating a witness, a violation of § 13A-10-123, Ala.Code 1975. King was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.”
Habel v. State, 268 So. 3d 651 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “Code 1975, this Court has discussed the meaning of "official proceeding" as it relates to intimidating a witness, § 13A-10-123, Ala. Code 1975-an offense subject to the definitions in § 13A-10-100 -in Johnson v.”
Habel v. State, 268 So. 3d 651 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “Code 1975, this Court has discussed the meaning of "official proceeding" as it relates to intimidating a witness, § 13A-10-123, Ala. Code 1975-an offense subject to the definitions in § 13A-10-100 -in Johnson v.”
Rone (S.D. Ala. 2026). “the crime of intimidating a witness pursuant to Section 13A-10-123 . . . and the victim is .”
Rone (S.D. Ala. 2026). “CODE § 13A-10-123(a)(1)-(3). A “threat” means “any threat proscribed by [Ala.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-10-123(a) — 1 case
Montez Spradley v. State of Alabama., 128 So. 3d 774 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “Code 1975, and of intimidating a witness, see § 13A-10-123, Ala.Code 1975. The jury, by a vote of 10 to 2, recommended that Sprad-ley be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-10-123(a)(1) — 2 cases
Rone (S.D. Ala. 2026). “CODE § 13A-10-123(a)(1)-(3). A “threat” means “any threat proscribed by [Ala.”
Rone (S.D. Ala. 2026). “the crime of intimidating a witness pursuant to Section 13A-10-123 . . . and the victim is .”
— Ala. Code § 13A-10-123(a)(l) — 1 case
King v. State, 730 So. 2d 261 (Ala. Crim. App. 1998). “Wilbur Rodney King was convicted of intimidating a witness, a violation of § 13A-10-123, Ala.Code 1975. King was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-10-123(b) — 2 cases
Rone (S.D. Ala. 2026). “CODE § 13A-10-123(a)(1)-(3). A “threat” means “any threat proscribed by [Ala.”
Rone (S.D. Ala. 2026). “the crime of intimidating a witness pursuant to Section 13A-10-123 . . . and the victim is .”
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