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(a) Every person convicted of any offense defined in this title, or defined outside this title, shall be sentenced by the court in accordance with this article, unless otherwise specifically provided by law.
(b) Penal laws enacted after January 1, 1980, shall be classified for punishment purposes in accordance with this article.
Sec. 1. As used in this act:
(a) “Terminable interest” is a possessory or ownership interest in real property which is subject to termination by a provision in a conveyance or other instrument which either creates a right of reversion to a grantor or his heirs, successors or assigns or creates a right of entry on the occurrence of a specified contingency.
(b) “Specified contingency” is the event described in a conveyance or other instrument creating a terminable interest, the occurrence of which requires or permits the divesting of the terminable interest.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Alabama Code Title 13A. Criminal Code § 13A-5-1 - last updated January 01, 2019 | https://codes.findlaw.com/al/title-13a-criminal-code/al-code-sect-13a-5-1.html
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