Ala. Code § 15-13-2

Current with legislation from 2024 effective through April 25, 2024.

Section 15-13-2 - Allowance as matter of right prior to conviction

In all cases other than those specified in Section 15-13-3, a defendant , before conviction, is entitled to bail as a matter of right.

Ala. Code § 15-13-2 (1975)

Amended by Act 2021-267,§ 2, eff. upon the ratification of the amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that an individual is entitled to reasonable bail prior to conviction, unless charged with certain enumerated crimes. Approved by the voters on November 8, 2022.

Code 1852, §684; Code 1867, §4235; Code 1876, §4843; Code 1886, §4416; Code 1896, §4358; Code 1907, §6338; Code 1923, §3371; Code 1940, T. 15, §196; Acts 1949, No. 199, p. 230.

Act 2021-267,§ 1 provides that this act shall be known and may be cited as Aniah's Law.