Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-5-3 (2026)
Classification of Offenses.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) Offenses are designated as felonies, misdemeanors or violations.
(b) Felonies are classified according to the relative seriousness of the offense into four categories:
(1) Class A felonies;
(2) Class B felonies;
(3) Class C felonies; and
(4) Class D felonies.
(c) Misdemeanors are classified according to the relative seriousness of the offense into three categories:
(1) Class A misdemeanors;
(2) Class B misdemeanors; and
(3) Class C misdemeanors.
(d) Violations are not classified.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §1210; Act 2015-185, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2022 · leading case: United States v. Nakey Demetruis White, 837 F.3d 1225 (11th Cir. 2016).
United States v. Nakey Demetruis White, 837 F.3d 1225 (11th Cir. 2016). “Code § 13A-12-231(13) (stating that trafficking in cocaine is a Class A felony) and Ala. Code § 13A-5-3(b)(1) (designating Class A felonies as the most serious offenses).”
Gholston v. State, 620 So. 2d 719 (Ala. 1993). “See Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-5-3, -6, -7, and -9; § 13A-ll-84(a).”
Carroll v. State, 215 So. 3d 1135 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). “" § 13A-5-3, Ala.Code 1975. Violations are the lowest offenses classified and carry a maximum punishment of 30 days in the county jail.”
People v. Padilla, 878 P.2d 4 (Colo. Ct. App. 1994). “See Ala. Code § 13A-5-3 (1975); Ark.Stat.Ann.”
State v. Woodard, 631 So. 2d 1065 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993). “See §§ 13A-5-3; 13A-5-6; 13A-5-7. A greater punishment — death—may be imposed on a defendant convicted of a capital offense, but only if one or more of the aggravating circumstances enumerated in § 13A-5-49 is found to exist and that aggravating eircumstance(s) outweighs any…”
Bell v. Akins (N.D. Ala. 2022). “§ 13A-5-3(a), and carries with it a maximum sentence of 30 days’ imprisonment in county jail and no more than a $200 fine, id.”
United States v. Antonio Landaverde-Cruz, 629 F. App'x 854 (11th Cir. 2015). “See Ala.Code §§ 13A-5-3(b); 13A12-211; 13A-12-212; 13A-12-231.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-5-3(a) — 1 case
Bell v. Akins (N.D. Ala. 2022). “§ 13A-5-3(a), and carries with it a maximum sentence of 30 days’ imprisonment in county jail and no more than a $200 fine, id.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-5-3(b) — 1 case
United States v. Antonio Landaverde-Cruz, 629 F. App'x 854 (11th Cir. 2015). “See Ala.Code §§ 13A-5-3(b); 13A12-211; 13A-12-212; 13A-12-231.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-5-3(b)(1) — 1 case
United States v. Nakey Demetruis White, 837 F.3d 1225 (11th Cir. 2016). “Code § 13A-12-231(13) (stating that trafficking in cocaine is a Class A felony) and Ala. Code § 13A-5-3(b)(1) (designating Class A felonies as the most serious offenses).”
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