# Sanders v. State

> Alabama Court of Appeals · August 18, 1964 · 42 Ala. App. 419

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9936173

## Case

- **Full name:** Hillard A. Sanders v. State.
- **Court:** Alabama Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** August 18, 1964
- **Citations:** 42 Ala. App. 419; 167 So. 2d 174; 1964 Ala. App. LEXIS 259
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Addendum by Cates
- **Judges:** Cates
- **Cited by:** 11 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Motion to fix bail at $750.00 is denied. Code 1940, T. 15, § 369 as amended.
Bail fixed at $13,000.00 pending appeal is to remain in effect until application for reduction is made to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County.
Post conviction bail is not affected by Constitution 1901, § 16. In a pre -conviction case, we recently approved a reduction of bail from $25,000 to $12,500 on each of three indictments for second degree burglary *Page 429
and grand larceny. Wade v. State, ante p. 400, 166 So.2d 739 . There we stated:
"We understand each indictment to be based on but one transaction. Hence, the maximum penalty for conviction under each indictment would involve ten years imprisonment.
"There is a rough rule of thumb that bail for residents be fixed at a maximum of $1,000.00 for each year of potential imprisonment. * * *"
We forego deciding whether Sanders is admissible to bail under § 369, as amended, supra.
Motion denied without prejudice to apply to the Circuit Court for reduction in amount of bail pending appeal.
3 Div. 149

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