Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-8-50 (2026)
Allegation of Different Means or Intents.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
When an offense may be committed by different means or with different intents, such means or intents may be alleged in an indictment in the same count in the alternative.
(Code 1852, §573; Code 1867, §4123; Code 1876, §4796; Code 1886, §4383; Code 1896, §4911; Code 1907, §7149; Code 1923, §4544; Code 1940, T. 15, §247.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1988–2000 · leading case: Smith v. State, 797 So. 2d 503 (Ala. Crim. App. 2000).
Smith v. State, 797 So. 2d 503 (Ala. Crim. App. 2000). “' Alabama Code 1975, § 15-8-50. Chappell v.”
Harris v. State, 632 So. 2d 503 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992). “' Alabama Code 1975, § 15-8-50. Chappell v.”
Perkins v. State, 808 So. 2d 1041 (Ala. Crim. App. 1999). “" Alabama Code 1975, § 15-8-50. Chappell v.”
Minshew v. State, 542 So. 2d 307 (Ala. Crim. App. 1988). “Those statutes, now codified at §§ 15-8-50 through 15-8-52, provide: § 15-8-50: "When an offense may be committed by different means or with different intents, such means or intents may be alleged in an indictment in the same count in the alternative.”
Sockwell v. State, 675 So. 2d 4 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993). “" Alabama Code 1975, § 15-8-50. Chappell v.”
Bryant v. City of Gadsden, 574 So. 2d 919 (Ala. Crim. App. 1990). “” Ala.Code 1975, § 15-8-50. See McLaughlin v.”
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