Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-9-8 (2026)
Limitation on Criminal Liability for Forgery and Criminal Possession of Forged Instrument.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
A person may not be punished for both the offense of forgery and the offense of criminal possession of a forged instrument with respect to the same instrument, unless arising out of separate and distinct transactions.
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4015.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1983–1984 · leading case: Taylor v. State, 441 So. 2d 1036 (Ala. Crim. App. 1983).
Taylor v. State, 441 So. 2d 1036 (Ala. Crim. App. 1983). “, was indicted by the Spring 1982 term of the Butler County Grand Jury for the offense of second degree forgery, in violation of § 13A-9-8, Code of Alabama 1975. Appellant was found to be indigent, whereupon on March 31, 1982, Harold L.”
Smith v. State, 455 So. 2d 297 (Ala. Crim. App. 1984). “” *298 The correct answer to the issue is in the negative, as shown by Alabama Criminal Code, § 13A-9-8, which provides: “A person may not be punished for both the offense of forgery and the offense of criminal possession of a forged instrument with respect to the same…”
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