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EX PARTE WELCH

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136 So.3d 481 (2013)

Ex parte Martin WELCH. (In re State of Alabama v. Martin Welch.)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 3, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Byrd , Mobile, for petitioner.

Luther Strange , atty. gen., and John Neiman , deputy atty. gen., and John J. Davis , asst. atty. gen., for respondent.

MAIN, Justice.

PETITION DENIED. NO OPINION.

STUART, BOLIN, PARKER, SHAW, WISE, and BRYAN, JJ., concur.

MOORE, C.J., and MURDOCK, J., dissent.

MOORE, Chief Justice (dissenting).

Martin Welch was convicted of attempted murder and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He requested release on bail pending appeal. Section 12-22-170, Ala. Code 1975, which provides an absolute right to bail if the sentence is 20 years or less, states, in pertinent...

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