{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-5-41","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 13A-5-41","heading":"Lesser Included Offenses.","body":"Subject to the provisions of Section 13A-1-9(b), the jury may find a defendant indicted for a crime defined in Section 13A-5-40(a) not guilty of the capital offense but guilty of a lesser included offense or offenses. Lesser included offenses shall be defined as provided in Section 13A-1-9(a), and when there is a rational basis for such a verdict, include but are not limited to, murder as defined in Section 13A-6-2(a), and the accompanying other felony, if any, in the provision of Section 13A-5-40(a) upon which the indictment is based.","path":["Title 13A Criminal Code.","Chapter 5 Punishments and Sentences.","Article 2 Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without Parole."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=13A-5-41","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"ed0df7efe99b54c00b4ede05867ae1cbd88421e2516aa7a75523de8cc4855b76","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-5-40","next":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-5-42"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}