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WASHINGTON v. STATE

8 Div. 791.

133 So.2d 392 (1961)

Floyd WASHINGTON v. STATE.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Tally and H. T. Foster, Scottsboro, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Winston Huddleston, Supernumerary Circuit Solicitor, Wetumpka, for the State.

PRICE, Judge.

This appeal is from a decree denying appellant bail in a habeas corpus proceeding.

The indictment charges murder in the first degree.

Section 16 of the 1901 Constitution of Alabama provides:

"That all persons shall, before conviction, be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses, when the proof is evident or the presumption great."

We have said that under the provisions of the Constitution set out...

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