Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 15-8-51 (2026)

Charging Different Results from Same Act.

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When an act is criminal, if producing different results, such results may be charged in an indictment in the same count in the alternative.

(Code 1852, §574; Code 1867, §4124; Code 1876, §4797; Code 1886, §4384; Code 1896, §4912; Code 1907, §7150; Code 1923, §4545; Code 1940, T. 15, §248.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1988–1988 · leading case: Minshew v. State, 542 So. 2d 307 (Ala. Crim. App. 1988).
Minshew v. State, 542 So. 2d 307 (Ala. Crim. App. 1988). “" § 15-8-51: "When an act is criminal, if producing different results, such results may be charged in an indictment in the same count in the alternative.”
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