Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-3-7 (2026)
When Prosecution Deemed Commenced.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
A prosecution may be commenced within the meaning of this chapter by finding an indictment, the issuing of a warrant or by binding over the offender.
(Code 1852, §406; Code 1867, §3954; Code 1876, §4646; Code 1886, §3714; Code 1896, §5074; Code 1907, §7350; Code 1923, §4934; Code 1940, T. 15, §225.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 25
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2021 · leading case: Blackmon v. State, 7 So. 3d 397 (Ala. Crim. App. 2006).
Blackmon v. State, 7 So. 3d 397 (Ala. Crim. App. 2006). “§ 15-3-7, Ala.Code 1975 ('A prosecution may be commenced within the meaning of this chapter by finding an indictment, the issuing of a warrant or by binding over the offender.”
Hunt v. State, 642 So. 2d 999 (Ala. Crim. App. 1994). “THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS Hunt contends that his prosecution was barred by the three-year statute of limitations applicable to a prosecution under the Alabama Ethics Law and that the trial court committed reversible error by refusing to charge the jury on the statute of…”
Belisle v. State, 11 So. 3d 256 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007). “§ 15-3-7, Ala.Code 1975 (A prosecution may be commenced within the meaning of this chapter by finding an indictment, the issuing of a warrant or by binding over the offender.”
Ex Parte Walker, 928 So. 2d 259 (Ala. 2005). “§ 15-3-7, Ala.Code 1975 ("A prosecution may be commenced within the meaning of this chapter by finding an indictment, the issuing of a warrant or by binding over the offender.”
Sharifi v. State, 993 So. 2d 907 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008). “§ 15-3-7, Ala.Code 1975 ('A prosecution may be commenced within the meaning of this chapter by finding an indictment, the issuing of a warrant or by binding over the offender.”
Tyson v. Jones, 60 So. 3d 831 (Ala. 2010). “Tyson has not initiated any criminal proceedings in Macon County pursuant to Alabama Code 1975 § 15-3-7 and Rule 2.1 of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure, and that this Order does not enjoin any valid or authorized criminal proceedings.”
Morris v. State, 60 So. 3d 326 (Ala. Crim. App. 2010). “Cf § 15-3-7, Ala.Code 1975 (“A prosecution may be commenced within the meaning of this chapter by finding an indictment, the issuing of a warrant or by binding over the offender.”
Hulsey v. State, 196 So. 3d 342 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). “” Initially, we note that, in addressing Hulsey’s statute-of-limitations claims, the parties have addressed only when the indictments were returned against Hulsey, not the date of his arrest on May 28, 2009, one month after the offenses were committed. Section 15-3-7 indicates…”
Watson v. State, 389 So. 2d 961 (Ala. Crim. App. 1980). “Alabama Code 1975, Section 15-3-7, provides: "A prosecution may be commenced within the meaning of this chapter by finding an indictment, the issuing of a warrant or by binding over the defendant.”
Curtis Leon Lomax v. State of Alabama, 629 F.2d 413 (5th Cir. 1980). “Petitioner argues that Ala.Code § 15-3-7 (1977), which states in part that “[a] prosecution may be commenced within the meaning of this chapter by the issuing of a warrant .”
Goodson v. State, 588 So. 2d 509 (Ala. Crim. App. 1991). “This right has been said to be activated when a warrant of arrest is issued, "because this is when the prosecution is commenced under § 15-3-7, Code of Alabama *511 1975." Steeley v.”
State v. Jones, 35 So. 3d 644 (Ala. Crim. App. 2009). “§ 15-3-7, Ala.Code 1975 (‘A prosecution may be commenced within the meaning of this chapter by finding an indictment, the issuing of a warrant or by binding over the offender.”
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