Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 15-13-2 (2026)
Allowance as Matter of Right Prior to Conviction.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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.
(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, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1984–2026 · leading case: Dove v. City of Montgomery, 452 So. 2d 1382 (Ala. Crim. App. 1984).
Dove v. City of Montgomery, 452 So. 2d 1382 (Ala. Crim. App. 1984). “83-620, Regular Session, 1983, Denied Defendant His Right To Bail As Granted By The Eighth And Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution; Article I, § 16 Of The Alabama Constitution; And Code of Alabama § 15-13-2.” It was stipulated by the parties “that when Mr.”
Ex Parte Patterson, 70 So. 3d 435 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011). “See also, Ala. Code 1975, § 15-13-2; Brown v. State, 615 So.”
Murphy v. State, 807 So. 2d 603 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001). “See also § 15-13-2, Ala.Code 1975. *605 “Bail, which is basic to our system of law, is allowed to prevent the punishment of innocent persons, to enable accused to remain out of jail until the next proceeding in his case, to relieve the state of the burden of detaining accused…”
Bradley Hester v. Matthew Gentry (11th Cir. 2022). “” Ala. Code 1975 § 15-13-2. Similarly, Rule 7.”
In re: State of Alabama v. Mason John Grimes (Ala. 2026). “Likewise, § 15-13-2, Ala. Code 1975, provided an absolute right to bail in "all cases other than those specified in subsection (a) of Section 15-13-3.”
In re: State of Alabama v. Brooklyn Paige Grimes (Ala. 2026). “Likewise, § 15-13-2, Ala. Code 1975, provided an absolute right to bail in "all cases other than those specified in subsection (a) of Section 15-13-3.”
State v. Singleton, 695 So. 2d 256 (Ala. Crim. App. 1997). “Additionally, § 15-13-2, Code of Alabama 1975, states that ‘In all cases other than those specified in subsection (a) of section 15-13-3, a defendant is, before conviction, entitled to bail as a matter of right.”
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