State v. Chancey
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Geneva Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Oscar S. Lewis. Ike D. Chancey was charged with murder and was admitted to bail on an application for habeas corpus, and the State of Alabama appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
This appeal is from an order of the chancellor of the Southeastern chancery division admitting the petitioner (appellee) to bail to answer a charge of murder in the first degree, preferred through the office of an indictment regularly presented by a grand jury of the circuit court of Geneva county.
(1, 2) That the state has a right to appeal from an order on habeas corpus without giving security for costs is settled.— State v. Davis, 156 Ala. 181, 47 South. 182; State v. Towery, et al., 143 Ala. 48, 39 South. 309. It has also been repeatedly held that in reviewing the finding of the primary…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. TowerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
- State v. LaceySupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Butler v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1911
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
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