Article 2 - DEATH PENALTY AND LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT PAROLE
- Section 13A-5-39 - Definitions
- Section 13A-5-40 - Capital offenses
- Section 13A-5-41 - Lesser included offenses
- Section 13A-5-42 - Guilty plea; burden of proof upon state; waiver; sentencing
- Section 13A-5-43 - Trial of capital offenses; discharge of defendant; lesser included offenses; sentencing
- Section 13A-5-43.1 - Life imprisonment for certain crimes by persons under 18 years of age
- Section 13A-5-43.2 - Applicability of certain provisions to persons under 18 years of age
- Section 13A-5-44 - Jury selection and separation; waiver by defendant of jury participation in sentence hearing
- Section 13A-5-45 - Sentence hearing - Delay; statements and arguments; admissibility of evidence; burden of proof; mitigating and aggravating circumstances
- Section 13A-5-46 - Sentence hearing - Conducted before jury unless waived; trial jury to sit unless impossible or impracticable; separation of jury; instructions to jury; advisory verdicts; vote required; mistrial; waiver of right to advisory verdict
- Section 13A-5-47 - Determination of sentence by court; presentation of arguments on aggravating and mitigating circumstances; court to enter written findings
- Section 13A-5-47.1 - Application of provisions prohibiting court from overriding jury verdict in capital cases
- Section 13A-5-48 - Process of weighing aggravating and mitigating circumstances defined
- Section 13A-5-49 - Aggravating circumstances
- Section 13A-5-50 - Consideration of aggravating circumstances in sentence determination
- Section 13A-5-51 - Mitigating circumstances - Generally
- Section 13A-5-52 - Mitigating circumstances - Inclusion of defendant's character, record, etc
- Section 13A-5-53 - Appellate review of death sentence; scope; remand; specific determinations to be made by court; authority of court following review
- Section 13A-5-53.1 - Appeals of capital punishment
- Section 13A-5-54 - Appointment of experienced counsel for indigent defendants
- Section 13A-5-55 - Conviction and sentence of death subject to automatic review
- Section 13A-5-56 - Supreme Court to promulgate indictment forms, verdict forms and jury instructions
- Section 13A-5-57 - Application of article to conduct after effective date
- Section 13A-5-58 - Interpretation of article
- Section 13A-5-59 - Application of article upon finding of unconstitutionality