In re: State of Alabama v. Mason John Grimes

Summary

The court denied both habeas petitions and upheld the denial of bail to defendants indicted for capital murder. It held that a capital-murder indictment creates a presumption of guilt for bail purposes, which the defendant must overcome with evidence, and that the circuit court did not commit reversible error by finding that the petitioners had not overcome that presumption. The court also rejected the petitioners' argument that denial of bail violated the Eighth Amendment.