 The judge in the case is Patrick Tootin, an appointee by Governor Kay Ivey. He set bond for Shepard at $150,000. Defense attorneys claimed that Anaya's law couldn't be used in the case because Shepard was arrested in May of 2022. And Anaya's law didn't go into effect until November of that year. Anaya's law specifically gives judges broad discretion to keep violent criminals locked up to protect the public.