§ 13A-6-3 — Manslaughter

Alabama § 13A-6-3

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 13A: Criminal Code
• Ch. 6: Offenses Involving Danger to the Person
• Art. 1: Homicide

Text

(a) A person commits the crime of manslaughter if he or she does any of the following:
(1) Recklessly causes the death of another person.
(2) Causes the death of another person under circumstances that would constitute murder under Section 13A-6-2; except, that he or she causes the death due to a sudden heat of passion caused by provocation recognized by law, and before a reasonable time for the passion to cool and for reason to reassert itself.
(3)
a.
Knowingly sells, furnishes, gives away, delivers, or distributes a controlled substance in violation of Section 13A-12-211,
which contains fentanyl, any mixture containing fentanyl, any synthetic controlled substance fentanyl, or any synthetic controlled substance fentanyl analogue as described in Sections 20-2-23 and 20-2-25,
and the person to whom the controlled substance is sold, furnished, given, delivered, or distributed dies as a proximate result of the use of the controlled substance; provided, nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to apply to a licensed physician engaged in the practice of medicine, a licensed pharmacist engaged in the practice of pharmacy, or a licensed dentist engaged in the practice of dentistry.
b. It is not a defense to this subdivision that the person who sold, furnished, gave away, delivered, or distributed the controlled substance had no knowledge that the controlled substance contained fentanyl, any mixture containing fentanyl, any synthetic controlled substance fentanyl, or any synthetic controlled substance fentanyl analogue as described in Section 20-2-23 and 20-2-25.
(b) Manslaughter is a Class B felony.

Legislative History

(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2010; Acts 1987, No. 87-713, p. 1260; Act 2023-387, §1; Act 2024-103, §1.)