Prior to the hearing, the judicial officer shall have the clerk of the court give a minimum notice of 72 hours to the district attorney of the circuit of the jurisdiction, or to an assistant district attorney of the jurisdiction for that purpose, or the prosecuting officer of the municipal court in municipal court cases, that a person seeks to be released on judicial public bail and notice shall stipulate the time of the hearing. No person shall be released on judicial public bail unless notice is given. Upon receipt of the notice, the district attorney, or prosecutor, or his or her assistant shall be entitled to be heard at the hearing on the merits of the conditions of release, and the hearing shall be at a time, date, and place certain wherein all parties shall appear and proceedings shall be a matter of record. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as granting or affording the defendant an absolute right to be released on judicial public bail, but release shall be in the discretion of the judicial officer and within the terms of this article.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.
Article 6 - Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993.
Division 7 - Qualification of Bail - Judicial Public Bail.
Section 15-13-142 - Judicial Public Bail - Authority of Release Person.
Section 15-13-143 - Procedure for Bail Hearings.
Section 15-13-144 - Notice to Prosecutor.
Section 15-13-145 - Defendants Who May Be Eligible.
Section 15-13-146 - Judicial Public Bail Release.
Section 15-13-147 - Determination of Conditions of Release.
Section 15-13-148 - Additional Conditions.
Section 15-13-149 - Order of Release.