§ 6-2-402 — Blackmail; aggravated blackmail; penalties

(a) A person commits blackmail if, with the intent to
obtain property of another or to compel action or inaction by
any person against his will, the person:
(i) Threatens bodily injury or injury to the property
of another person; or
(ii) Accuses or threatens to accuse a person of a
crime or immoral conduct which would tend to degrade or disgrace
the person or subject him to the ridicule or contempt of
society.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,
blackmail is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more
than ten (10) years.
(c) A person commits aggravated blackmail, a felony
punishable by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor
more than twenty-five (25) years if in the course of committing
the crime of blackmail the person causes bodily injury to
another person.
(d) As used in this section "in the course of committing
the crime" includes the time during which an attempt to commit
the crime or in which flight after the attempt or commission
occurred.
(e) Conduct denoted blackmail in this section constitutes
a single offense embracing the separate crimes formerly known as
blackmail and extortion.