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Ala. Code § 13A-12-202 (2026)

Criminal Solicitation to Commit Controlled Substance Crime.

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(a) A person is guilty of criminal solicitation to commit a controlled substance crime if he engages in the conduct defined as criminal solicitation in Section 13A-4-1(a), and the crime solicited is a controlled substance crime.

(b) The principles of liability and defenses for criminal solicitation to commit a controlled substance crime are the same as those specified in Sections 13A-4-1(b) through (e), and Section 13A-4-5.

(c) Criminal solicitation to commit a controlled substance crime shall be punished the same as the controlled substance crime solicited.

(Acts 1987, No. 87-612, p. 1061, §2; Code 1975, §20-2-161; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-918, p. 512, §2(7).)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2023 · leading case: Ex Parte Peterson, 890 So. 2d 990 (Ala. 2004).
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Ex Parte Peterson, 890 So. 2d 990 (Ala. 2004). · cites it 4× “In carrying out the plea agreement, the state attempted to amend the indictment by adding a separate count charging `solicitation to distribute a controlled substance,' Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-12-202. The amendment purporting to add this charge was void.”
Ex Parte State, 925 So. 2d 232 (Ala. 2005). · cites it 2× “In carrying out the plea agreement, the state attempted to amend the indictment by adding a separate count charging `solicitation to distribute a controlled substance,' Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-12-202. The amendment purporting to add this charge was void.”
Hall v. State, 223 So. 3d 977 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016). “of any offense defined in §§ 13A-12-202, -203, -204, -211, -212, -213, -215, or -231, Ala.”
Skinner v. State, 843 So. 2d 820 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002). “) In Thornton , the appellant was convicted of criminal solicitation of a controlled substance, a violation of § 13A-12-202, Ala.Code 1975. On appeal, he argued that, pursuant to § 13A-4-1(c), Ala.”
Siercks v. State, 154 So. 3d 1085 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “Section 13A-12-281 (the Demand Reduction Assessment Act) mandates that every person convicted of a violation of any offense defined in §§ 13A-12-202, -203, -204, -211, -212, -213, -215, or -231, Ala.”
Hawk v. State, 171 So. 3d 96 (Ala. Crim. App. 2014). “We held: “Section 13A-12-281 (the Demand Reduction Assessment Act) mandates that every person convicted of a violation of any offense defined in §§ 13A-12-202, - 203, -204, -211, -212, -213, -215, or - 231, Ala.”
State v. L.N.A., 811 So. 2d 637 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). ““Section 20-2-161 was the statutory codification of Act 87-612. Act No. 87-612, § 2, 1987 Ala.”
State v. LNA, 811 So. 2d 637 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “"Section 20-2-161 was the statutory codification of Act 87-612. Act No. 87-612, § 2, 1987 Ala.”
Lancaster DeShawn Lewis v. State of Alabama (Ala. Crim. App. 2023). “Code 1975, provides that every person convicted of a violation of an offense defined in §§ 13A-12-202, -203, -204, -211, -212, -213, -215, or - 231, Ala.”
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