Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-6-69.1 (2026)
Sexual Abuse of a Child Less Than 12 Years Old.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) A person commits the crime of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old if he or she, being 16 years old or older, subjects another person who is less than 12 years old to sexual contact.
(b) Sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old is a Class B felony.
(Act 2006-575, p. 1512, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 56
cases (14 in the last 5 years), 2008–2026 · leading case: Enfinger v. State, 123 So. 3d 535 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012).
Enfinger v. State, 123 So. 3d 535 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “8), pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a child under 12, see § 13A-6-69.1, Ala.Code 1975. The circuit court sentenced Enfinger, as an habitual felony offender, to 20 years’ imprisonment; that sentence was split, and Enfinger was ordered to serve “time served in the custody of the…”
Lucas v. State, 204 So. 3d 929 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016). “’ See § 13A-6-69.1, Ala. Code 1975. ' Thus, the State was required to present evidence indicating that D.”
M.H. v. State, 6 So. 3d 41 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008). “1 applies only to those crimes that occurred after July 1, 2006, its effective date.”
Stephen C. Hanf v. State of Florida, 182 So. 3d 704 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015). “See Ala. Code §§ 13A-6-69.1(a)-(b); 13A-5-6(a)(2) (2011) (providing “sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old” is a Class B felony 6 As discussed in Adaway v.”
Campos v. State, 217 So. 3d 1 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). “Roland Gilbert Campos III was convicted of two counts of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old, violations of § 13A-6-69.1, Ala.Code 1975, and of two counts of first-degree sodomy, violations of § 13A-6-63(a)(3), Ala.”
Singleton v. State, 209 So. 3d 529 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). “See § 13A-6-69.1(b), Ala.Code 1975. An attempt of a Class B felony is punishable as a Class C felony, see § 13A-4-2(d)(3), Ala.”
Williams v. State, 10 So. 3d 1083 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008). “The provision of § 13A-6-66(a)(3) were reenacted as § 13A-6-69.1, and the offense was made a Class B felony.”
David Charles Herring v. State of Alabama., 100 So. 3d 616 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “Code 1975, was amended effective July 1, 2006, to remove subsection (a)(3) (the sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old) and replaced that subsection with § 13A-6-69.1, Ala.Code 1975, which increased that crime from a Class C to a Class B felony.”
Brooks v. State, 33 So. 3d 1262 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008). “The provisions of that subsection were reenacted as § 13A-6-69.1, and the offense was made a Class B felony.”
Frost v. State, 141 So. 3d 1103 (Ala. Crim. App. 2012). “Harold Frost pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old, see § 13A-6-69.1, Ala.Code 1975. Frost was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment on each charge; the sentences were to run concurrently.”
Harold Clarence Frost v. State of Alabama., 76 So. 3d 862 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “Code 1975, defines a “criminal offense involving a child” as “[a] conviction for any criminal sex offense in which the victim was a child under the age of 12 and any offense involving child pornography.”
State v. Baker, 172 So. 3d 860 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). “Facts and Procedural History On August 18, 2010, Baker pleaded guilty to one count of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old, see § 13A-6-69.1, Ala.Code 1975, and was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.”
Ala. Code § 13A-6-69.1(a): 4 cases
Stephen C. Hanf v. State of Florida, 182 So. 3d 704 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015). “See Ala. Code §§ 13A-6-69.1(a)-(b); 13A-5-6(a)(2) (2011) (providing “sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old” is a Class B felony 6 As discussed in Adaway v.”
Campos v. State, 217 So. 3d 1 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). “Roland Gilbert Campos III was convicted of two counts of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old, violations of § 13A-6-69.1, Ala.Code 1975, and of two counts of first-degree sodomy, violations of § 13A-6-63(a)(3), Ala.”
T.J.F. v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Morgan Circuit Court: CC-20-37), No. CR-2023-0886 (Ala. Crim. App. Sept. 27, 2024).
United States v. Alan Preston Prine, 569 F. App'x 859 (11th Cir. 2014).
Ala. Code § 13A-6-69.1(b): 3 cases
Singleton v. State, 209 So. 3d 529 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). “See § 13A-6-69.1(b), Ala.Code 1975. An attempt of a Class B felony is punishable as a Class C felony, see § 13A-4-2(d)(3), Ala.”
M.H. v. State, 6 So. 3d 41 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008). “1 applies only to those crimes that occurred after July 1, 2006, its effective date.”
MH v. State, 6 So. 3d 41 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008).
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