Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-10-44 (2026)
Hindering Prosecution in the Second Degree.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) A person commits the crime of hindering prosecution in the second degree if with the intent to hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of another for conduct constituting a Class C felony or a Class A misdemeanor, he renders criminal assistance to such person.
(b) Hindering prosecution in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4637; Acts 1979, No. 79-471, p. 862, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1986–2012 · leading case: Michael Craft v. State of Alabama., 90 So. 3d 197 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011).
Michael Craft v. State of Alabama., 90 So. 3d 197 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “It is clear, however, that [the husband] could have been charged with hindering prosecution in the first degree, § 13A-10-43, Code of Alabama 1975, by his acts of aiding the defendant in the destruction and concealment of physical evidence. See § 13A-10-42(5). The conduct…”
State v. Browder, 486 So. 2d 504 (Ala. Crim. App. 1986). “'" Commentary, § 13A-10-42 through § 13A-10-44. In United States v. Neal, 743 F.”
Yearby v. State, 95 So. 3d 20 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “We note that Alabama’s second-degree hindering-prosecution statute, § 13A-10-44, Ala.Code 1975, refers to “intent to hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of another for conduct constituting a Class C felony or a Class A misdemeanor.”
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