Sec. 1. A person convicted of an offense who has appealed or desires to appeal the conviction may file a petition to be admitted to bail pending appeal. The person may be admitted to bail pending appeal at the discretion of the court in which the case was tried, but the person may not be admitted to bail if the person has been convicted of a Class A felony (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 1 or Level 2 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014).
Ind. Code § 35-33-9-1
Discretion of court; excepted felonies
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Tyson v. State (1992)
Most recently applied in Bruce Ryan v. State of Indiana (August 2015)
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.298, SEC.2
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.