Alabama § 13A-10-197 - Explosives or Destructive Device or Bacteriological or Biological Weapons Crime - Attempt.
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§ 13A-10-197. Explosives or Destructive Device or Bacteriological or Biological Weapons Crime - Attempt.
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to attempt to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime as contained in Act 2009-718. A person is guilty of an attempt to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime if he or she engages in the conduct specified in Section 13A-4-2, and the crime attempted is an explosives or destructive device crime as contained in Act 2009-718.
(b) The principles of liability and defenses for an attempt to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime are the same as those specified in subsections (b) and (c) of Sections 13A-4-2 and 13A-4-5.
(c) An attempt to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime shall be punished the same as the explosives or destructive device crime attempted.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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