Alabama § 15-13-8 Limitation on Number of Applications; Appeals to Court of Criminal Appeals; Procedure Upon Order of Court of Criminal Appeals Admitting Defendant to Bail

Alabama Statutes

§ 15-13-8 — Limitation on Number of Applications; Appeals to Court of Criminal Appeals; Procedure Upon Order of Court of Criminal Appeals Admitting Defendant to Bail

Alabama § 15-13-8

Title 15Criminal Procedure

Ch. 13Bail

Art. 1General Provisions

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 15-13-8 (2026).

Text

(a)When an application for bail is made to any circuit judge and is refused, no subsequent application can be made, but the evidence in such case may be preserved for review on application to the Court of Criminal Appeals.

(b)When an order is made by the Court of Criminal Appeals admitting a defendant to bail, the order must fix the amount of bail required and direct the same to be taken by the court to whom the primary application was made or by the sheriff of the county in which the defendant is confined. When such bail is ordered to be taken by a judge, the sheriff having the custody of the defendant must carry him before such judge for that purpose.

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(a) When an application for bail is made to any circuit judge and is refused, no subsequent application can be made, but the evidence in such case may be preserved for review on application to the Court of Criminal Appeals.
(b) When an order is made by the Court of Criminal Appeals admitting a defendant to bail, the order must fix the amount of bail required and direct the same to be taken by the court to whom the primary application was made or by the sheriff of the county in which the defendant is confined. When such bail is ordered to be taken by a judge, the sheriff having the custody of the defendant must carry him before such judge for that purpose.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §§3673-3675; Code 1867, §§4242, 4243; Code 1876, §§4850, 4851; Code 1886, §§4413, 4414; Code 1896, §§4355, 4356; Code 1907, §§6335, 6336; Code 1923, §§3368, 3369; Code 1940, T. 15, §§193, 194; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.)