[kjam22]

Felony First Degree Criminal Mischief….?

[Bob434]

[[Felony First Degree Criminal Mischief….?]]

Apparently because a knife was involved I guess? If so- what about farmers that cut hay bale strings to feed their cows- will they be felons too for using a knife and ‘assaulting hay bales’?

[BradyLS]

I would have guessed it would be a misdemeanor offense.

[Ed Condon]

Current through the 2019 Regular and Special Sessions
Section 13A-7-21 - Criminal mischief in the first degree
(a) A person commits the crime of criminal mischief in the first degree if, with intent to damage property, and having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, he or she inflicts damages to property:
(1) In an amount exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500); or
(2) By means of an explosion.
(b) Criminal mischief in the first degree is a Class C felony.

Ala. Code § 13A-7-21 (1975)

Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2705; Act 2003-355, p. 962, §1.