Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Alabama

It is really going to depend on the specific case. Theft 3rd is a class A misdemeanor, which generally means a jail sentence of up to one year, fines/court costs and restitution to the victim. But generally, most folks charged with that could plead and get some form of probation. And again, it depends on the specific case. If the defendant has no prior offenses, he or she can almost certainly get some kind of probation or, depending on where you are, some form of deferred prosecution (some courts will allow a "deferral", meaning the defendant completes a course of some kind and the case will be dismissed). If the defendant has priors, it might be more difficult to get probation and he or she might have to do some actual jail time.

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