Any person charged with a felony, misdemeanor, or violation shall be eligible for a judicial public bail, if: (1) The person is not charged with robbery, capital murder, forcible sex crimes, escape, trafficking in drugs, or the sale of drugs. (2) The person has not been convicted of a previous felony or committed a felony while being released on any form of bail.
(3) The person is not presently under a suspended sentence or on probation or parole for a previous conviction on a misdemeanor or a felony. (4) There is no evidence, satisfactory to the judicial officer, that the person has violated a previous bail release, whether it be judicial public bail, property, cash, professional surety bail, or failure to appear.
History: (Acts 1993, No. 93-677, p. 1259, §46; Act 2023-476, §1.)