Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-6-23 (2026)
Menacing.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) A person commits the crime of menacing if, by physical action, he intentionally places or attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious physical injury.
(b) Menacing is a Class B misdemeanor.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2110.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 44
cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1984–2026 · leading case: Pate v. City of Tuscaloosa, 145 So. 3d 733 (Ala. 2013).
Pate v. City of Tuscaloosa, 145 So. 3d 733 (Ala. 2013). “2 Pate was charged with and convicted in the Tuscaloosa Municipal Court of menacing, a violation of Tuscaloosa City Ordinance § 17-1 and § 13A-6-23, Ala.Code 1975. Pate appealed to the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court for a trial de novo.”
Nelson v. Lott, 330 F. Supp. 3d 1314 (N.D. Ala. 2018). “See Ala. Code § 13A-6-23 ("A person commits the crime of menacing if, by physical action, he intentionally places or attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious physical injury.”
Gholston v. State, 620 So. 2d 719 (Ala. 1993). “FACTS Gholston was convicted of (1) menacing, § 13A-6-23, Ala;Code 1975; and (2) unlawful possession of a pistol by a person previously convicted of a crime of violence, § 13A-ll-72(a), Ala.”
N.W. v. State, 748 So. 2d 190 (Ala. 1999). “, a minor, charging her with the criminal offense of menacing, a violation of Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-6-23. After a bench trial, the court acquitted N.”
Moore v. State, 183 So. 3d 1000 (Ala. Crim. App. 2014). “See § 13A-6-23, Ala.Code 1975. The circuit court sentenced Moore to 90 days in the county jail and placed him on supervised probation for 12 months.”
Henry v. State, 714 So. 2d 1002 (Ala. Crim. App. 1998). “” § 13A-6-23, Code of Alabama 1975. “Menacing encompasses the situation where ‘ “physical injury” is neither inflicted nor intended.”
United States v. Mayo, 792 F. Supp. 768 (M.D. Ala. 1992). “The statute specifically includes “menacing,” § 13A-6-23, within the definition of “family violence.”
Emery v. Talladega Coll., 169 F. Supp. 3d 1271 (N.D. Ala. 2016). “§ 13A-6-23. There is no evidence that anyone touched anyone else during the events at The Inn, see Emery Dep.”
Hiler v. State, 44 So. 3d 535 (Ala. Crim. App. 2009). “Code 1975, and menacing, a violation of § 13A-6-23, Ala.Code 1975. 1 The trial court sentenced him to serve concurrent terms of six years in prison on the falsely reporting conviction and six months in jail on the menacing conviction.”
Hoffman v. City of Montgomery, 863 So. 2d 127 (Ala. Crim. App. 2003). “Because § 13A-6-23 includes an attempt to place another in fear, actual subjective fear on the part of the victim is not a necessary element of menacing.”
White v. State, 227 So. 3d 541 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016). “Code 1975, and menacing, § 13A-6-23, Ala. Code 1975. Therefore, he contends that the trial court erred in refusing his requested jury instructions on those lesser offenses.”
Bash v. Patrick, 608 F. Supp. 2d 1285 (M.D. Ala. 2009). “” Ala.Code § 13A-6-23(a). Alabama law defines probable cause as a reasonable ground for suspicion, supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in the belief that a person accused is guilty of the offense charged.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-6-23(a) — 15 cases
Pate v. City of Tuscaloosa, 145 So. 3d 733 (Ala. 2013). “2 Pate was charged with and convicted in the Tuscaloosa Municipal Court of menacing, a violation of Tuscaloosa City Ordinance § 17-1 and § 13A-6-23, Ala.Code 1975. Pate appealed to the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court for a trial de novo.”
United States v. Mayo, 792 F. Supp. 768 (M.D. Ala. 1992). “The statute specifically includes “menacing,” § 13A-6-23, within the definition of “family violence.”
Bash v. Patrick, 608 F. Supp. 2d 1285 (M.D. Ala. 2009). “” Ala.Code § 13A-6-23(a). Alabama law defines probable cause as a reasonable ground for suspicion, supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in the belief that a person accused is guilty of the offense charged.”
Moore v. State, 183 So. 3d 1005 (Ala. 2015).
N.W. v. State, 748 So. 2d 190 (Ala. 1999). “, a minor, charging her with the criminal offense of menacing, a violation of Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-6-23. After a bench trial, the court acquitted N.”
— Ala. Code § 13A-6-23(b) — 2 cases
Jones (N.D. Ala. 2025).
Crayton v. State, 677 So. 2d 822 (Ala. Crim. App. 1996).
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