State v. Blake

This case involves a question of the constitutionality of four articles of Act 93-677,1 Ala. Acts 1993, the Bail Bond Reform Act of 1993 (hereinafter "the Act" or "the Alabama Act"), which first became effective on July 1, 1993. On July 8, 1993, the Jefferson Circuit Court declared that articles V, VI, VII, and VIII of the Act were "unconstitutional, null and void." On July 16, the State appealed, asking this Court to determine the constitutionality of articles V, VI, VII, and VIII. Subsequently, the Act was amended effective August 31, 1993, by Act 93-901, Ala. Acts 1993, to delay its…