Code of Alabama - Title 15: Criminal Procedure - Chapter 3 - Limitations on Prosecution

• Section 15-3-1 Felonies generally
  Except as otherwise provided by law, the prosecution of all felonies, except those specified in Section 15-3-3, Section 15-3-5, or any other felony that has...
• Section 15-3-2 Misdemeanors
  Unless otherwise provided, the prosecution of all misdemeanors before a circuit or district court must be commenced within 12 months after the commission of the
• Section 15-3-3 Conversion of public revenues
  A prosecution for conversion of the state or county revenue must be commenced within six years after the conversion.
• Section 15-3-4 Unlawful taking or using temporarily of property
  A prosecution for unlawfully taking or using temporarily the property of another must be commenced within 30 days after the commission of the offense.
• Section 15-3-5 Offenses having no limitation
  (a) There is no limitation of time within which a prosecution must be commenced for any of the following offenses: (1) Any capital offense. (2)...
• Section 15-3-6 When time elapsing between preferring of first charge and subsequent indictment deducted from time limitation
  When an indictment is lost, mislaid or destroyed, when a judgment is arrested or an indictment quashed for any defect therein, for the reason that...
• Section 15-3-7 When prosecution deemed commenced
  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
• 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,...

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