Code of Alabama - Title 15: Criminal Procedure - Section 15-3-8 - Crimes punishable under different provisions

Section 15-3-8 - Crimes punishable under different provisions.

Any act or omission declared criminal and punishable in different ways by different provisions of law shall be punished only under one of such provisions, and a conviction or acquittal under any one shall bar a prosecution for the same act or omission under any other provision.

(Code 1923, §5204; Code 1940, T. 15, §287.)

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