2014 Code of Alabama
Title 12 - COURTS.
Chapter 22 - APPELLATE PROCEEDINGS.
Section 12-22-90 - Appeals in habeas corpus.
(a) Any party aggrieved by the judgment on the trial of a habeas corpus may appeal to the appropriate appellate court.
(b) The district attorney or other prosecuting officer or attorney may take an appeal on behalf of the state to the appropriate appellate court when, on habeas corpus, any person held in custody under a charge or conviction for crime or for extradition as a fugitive from justice from any other state is discharged from custody or when any person held in custody under an indictment by the grand jury charging him with a capital offense is admitted to bail. In all such cases the judgment must be stayed pending the appeal.
(c) Pending the appeal, the person restrained shall be admitted to bail, with sufficient sureties, conditioned that he will appear before such court or officer as may be prescribed by the judge and abide the judgment entered, provided such person is charged with an offense that is bailable under the laws of this state and is not a prisoner serving his sentence and the judgment appealed from is not a judgment denying his application for bail.
(Code 1896, §4314; Code 1907, §6245; Code 1923, §3238; Acts 1927, No. 113, p. 76; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 122, p. 81; Code 1940, T. 15, §369; Acts 1949, No. 57, p. 81; Acts 1955, No. 60, p. 294.)Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Alabama may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
