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Ala. Code § 13A-5-58 (2026)

Interpretation of Article.

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This article shall be interpreted, and if necessary reinterpreted, to be constitutional.

(Acts 1981, No. 81-178, §21.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1998–2016 · leading case: Harris v. State, 2 So. 3d 880 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007).
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Harris v. State, 2 So. 3d 880 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007). “See § 13A-5-58(b)(l), Ala.Code 1975. Furthermore, after weighing independently the aggravating circumstances and the mitigating circumstances, this Court finds that the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstance, and we are convinced that death was the…”
Ex parte State, 223 So. 3d 954 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016). “With respect to Alabama’s capital-sentencing scheme, § 13A-5-58, Ala.Code 1975, specifically directs: “This article shall be interpreted, and if necessary reinterpreted, to be constitutional.”
State v. Henderson, 144 So. 3d 1262 (Ala. 2013). “” Last, we note that § 13A-5-58, Ala.Code 1975, provides that “[t]his article shall be interpreted, and if necessary reinterpreted, to be constitutional.”
Borden v. State, 769 So. 2d 935 (Ala. Crim. App. 1998). “The Court, consistent with the directives of § 13A-5-58, Ala.Code 1975, as amended, in weighing the evidence of aggravating and mitigating circumstances presented, has carefully considered the mitigating circumstances, both statutory and nonstatutory, and finds that in any event…”
— Ala. Code § 13A-5-58(b)(l) — 1 case
Harris v. State, 2 So. 3d 880 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007). “See § 13A-5-58(b)(l), Ala.Code 1975. Furthermore, after weighing independently the aggravating circumstances and the mitigating circumstances, this Court finds that the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstance, and we are convinced that death was the…”
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