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Ala. Code § 14-8-30 (2026)

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As used in this article the following words and terms have the meanings hereby ascribed to them:

(1) COUNTY INMATE. A person convicted of a crime and sentenced to a term of confinement of one year’s duration or less.

(2) STATE INMATE. A person convicted of a crime and sentenced to a term of confinement of more than one year’s duration.

(3) BOARD. The State Board of Corrections.

(Acts 1976, No. 637, p. 883, §1.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1988–2010 · leading case: Webb v. State, 539 So. 2d 343 (Ala. Crim. App. 1988).

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Webb v. State, 539 So. 2d 343 (Ala. Crim. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “" Ala. Code (1975), § 14-8-30. Compare Ala.”

Terrell v. State, 621 So. 2d 402 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “’ “Ala.Code (1975), § 14-8-30. Compare Ala.Code §§ 13A-l-2(3) (offense punishable by less than one year’s imprisonment is a misdemeanor) and 13A-l-2(4) (offense punished by more than one year’s imprisonment is a felony).”

Conner v. State, 840 So. 2d 950 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “’ “Ala.Code (1975), § 14-8-30. Compare Ala.Code §§ 13A-l-2(3) (offense punishable by less than one year’s imprisonment is a misdemeanor) and 13A-l-2(4) (offense punished by more than one year’s imprisonment is a felony).”

Petty v. Allen, 77 So. 3d 1182 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “Code 1975, § 14-8-31(a) (emphasis added); see also Ala.Code 1975, § 14-8-30(1) and (2) (defining “county inmate” as a “person convicted of a crime and sentenced to a term of confinement of one year’s duration or less” and a “state inmate” as a “person convicted of a crime and…”

— Ala. Code § 14-8-30(1) — 1 case

Petty v. Allen, 77 So. 3d 1182 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “Code 1975, § 14-8-31(a) (emphasis added); see also Ala.Code 1975, § 14-8-30(1) and (2) (defining “county inmate” as a “person convicted of a crime and sentenced to a term of confinement of one year’s duration or less” and a “state inmate” as a “person convicted of a crime and…”

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