Section 15-13-144 Notice to prosecutor. - Alabama Statutes

Section 15-13-144

Notice to prosecutor.

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.

(Acts 1993, No. 93-677, p. 1259, §45.)