{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-7-5","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 13A-7-5","heading":"Burglary in the First Degree.","body":"(a) A person commits the crime of burglary in the first degree if he or she knowingly and unlawfully enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit a crime therein, and, if, in effecting entry or while in dwelling or in immediate flight therefrom, the person or another participant in the crime:\n(1) Is armed with explosives; or\n(2) Causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; or\n(3) In effecting entry, is armed with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument or, while in the dwelling or immediate flight from the dwelling, uses or threatens the immediate use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument against another person. The use of or threatened use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument does not include the mere acquisition of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument during the burglary.\n(b) Burglary in the first degree is a Class A felony.","path":["Title 13A Criminal Code.","Chapter 7 Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property.","Article 1 Burglary and Criminal Trespass."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=13A-7-5","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"8d5093beaec4634537c75909a8e335fbe190d63ce8c369af1c9cbd077570850f","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-7-4.3","next":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-7-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}