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Statutes > Alabama > Title15 > Chapter18 > 15-18-9Section 15-18-9
Penalties for persons previously convicted of felonies.
In all cases when it is shown that a criminal defendant has been previously convicted of any felony and after such conviction has committed another felony, he must be punished as follows:
(1) On conviction of a Class C felony, he must be punished for a Class B felony;
(2) On conviction of a Class B felony, he must be punished for a Class A felony; and
(3) On conviction of a Class A felony, he must be punished by imprisonment for life or for any term of not more than 99 years but not less than 15 years.
(Acts 1977, No. 643, p. 1091.)