It is not necessary to state the precise time at which an offense was committed in an indictment; but it may be alleged to have been committed on any day before the finding of the indictment, or generally before the finding of the indictment, unless time is a material ingredient of the offense.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.
Section 15-8-20 - Offenses Charged or Described as at Common Law.
Section 15-8-21 - Statutory Language Unnecessary.
Section 15-8-22 - General Terms Used for Special Statutory Terms.
Section 15-8-23 - Manner of Stating Act Constituting Offense.
Section 15-8-24 - When Alleged Act Done in Public Place Suffices.
Section 15-8-25 - How Facts Constituting Offense to Be Stated.
Section 15-8-26 - Charging of Unknown Facts.
Section 15-8-27 - Allegation of Unknown Means.
Section 15-8-28 - Name of Defendant When Unknown.
Section 15-8-29 - General Allegation of Intent to Injure or Defraud.
Section 15-8-30 - Statement of Time.
Section 15-8-31 - Allegation of Venue Unnecessary; Proof of Same at Trial.
Section 15-8-32 - Statement of Legal Presumptions and Matters Judicially Known Unnecessary.
Section 15-8-33 - How Ownership of Property Alleged.
Section 15-8-34 - Description of Animal in Indictment for Offense Concerning Same.
Section 15-8-35 - Indictment for Forgery of Instrument Destroyed or Withheld.
Section 15-8-36 - Perjury and Subornation of Perjury; Indictment.