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Section 13A-5-2 Authorized dispositions.

Section 13A-5-2

Authorized dispositions.

(a) Every person convicted of a felony shall be sentenced by the court to imprisonment for a term authorized by Sections 13A-5-6, 13A-5-9, and 13A-5-10.

(b) In addition to imprisonment, every person convicted of a felony may be sentenced by the court to pay a fine authorized by Section 13A-5-11.

(c) Every person convicted of a misdemeanor or violation shall be sentenced by the court to:

(1) Imprisonment for a term authorized by Section 13A-5-7; or

(2) Pay a fine authorized by Section 13A-5-12; or

(3) Both such imprisonment and fine.

(d) Every person convicted of a felony, misdemeanor, or violation, except for the commission of a criminal sex offense involving a child as defined in Section 15-20-21(5), may be placed on probation as authorized by law.

(e) This article does not deprive a court of authority conferred by law to forfeit property, dissolve a corporation, suspend or cancel a license or permit, remove a person from office, cite for contempt, or impose any other lawful civil penalty. Such a judgment, order, or decree may be included as part of the sentence.

(f) Every person convicted of murder shall be sentenced by the court to imprisonment for a term, or to death or to life imprisonment without parole as authorized by subsection (c) of Section 13A-6-2.

(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §1205; Act 2005-301, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)

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