(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with physical evidence if, believing that an official proceeding is pending or may be instituted, and acting without legal right or authority, he:
(1) Destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes or alters physical evidence with intent to impair its use, verity or availability in the pending or prospective official proceeding; or
(2) Knowingly makes, presents or offers any false physical evidence with intent that it be introduced in the pending or prospective official proceeding.
(b) “Physical evidence,” as used in this section, includes any article, object, document, record or other thing of physical substance.
(c) Tampering with physical evidence is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5045.)
Notes of Decisions
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2 in the last 5 years), 1995–2023 · leading case:
White v. City of Athens, 169 F. Supp. 3d 1254 (N.D. Ala. 2016).
White v. City of Athens, 169 F. Supp. 3d 1254 (N.D. Ala. 2016).
· cites it 4× “§ 1512 , Ala. Code § 13A-10-129, Ala. Code § 13A-4-2, and Ala.”
Megan Garcia v. Pamela Casey, 75 F.4th 1176 (11th Cir. 2023).
“Ala. Code §13A-10-129(a)(1) (“A person commits the crime of tampering with physical evidence if, believing that an official proceeding is pending or may be instituted, .”
State v. Forbes, 918 S.W.2d 431 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1995).
“, Ala.Code § 13A-10-129 (1994) ("makes, presents or offers”); Ariz.”
Rogers v. City of Selma, 178 F. Supp. 3d 1222 (S.D. Ala. 2016).
· cites it 2× “” Ala. Code § 13A-10-129(a)(l) (1975). Tampering with physical evidence is a misdemeanor.”
State v. Martine, 371 P.3d 510 (Or. Ct. App. 2016).
“Among those jurisdictions are Alabama (Ala Code § 13A-10-129(b)), Alaska (Alaska Stat § 11.”
Burdell v. Commonwealth, 990 S.W.2d 628 (Ky. 1999).
“§ 53a-155 (“is pending or about to be instituted”); Delaware, Del.”
Kenneth Alan Vandusen v. State of Alabama (Ala. Crim. App. 2023).
“1Vandusen was also convicted of tampering with physical evidence, a violation of § 13A-10-129, Ala. Code 1975, but he has not challenged that conviction on appeal.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-10-129(a)(1) — 1 case
Megan Garcia v. Pamela Casey, 75 F.4th 1176 (11th Cir. 2023).
“Ala. Code §13A-10-129(a)(1) (“A person commits the crime of tampering with physical evidence if, believing that an official proceeding is pending or may be instituted, .”
— Ala. Code § 13A-10-129(a)(l) — 1 case
Rogers v. City of Selma, 178 F. Supp. 3d 1222 (S.D. Ala. 2016).
“” Ala. Code § 13A-10-129(a)(l) (1975). Tampering with physical evidence is a misdemeanor.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-10-129(b) — 1 case
State v. Martine, 371 P.3d 510 (Or. Ct. App. 2016).
“Among those jurisdictions are Alabama (Ala Code § 13A-10-129(b)), Alaska (Alaska Stat § 11.”
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