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California Court of Appeal: Trial Court Violated Humphrey by Setting High Bail Without Considering Financial Condition of Defendant or Nonfinancial Conditions of Release

Loaded on June 15, 2022 by Matthew Clarke published in Criminal Legal News July, 2022, page 24
Filed under: Procedural Default/Error, Bail/Pretrial Release, Ability to Pay. Location: California.

by Matt Clarke

The Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, held the trial court erred by setting bail at an amount it knew the defendant was unable to post and failing to consider nonfinancial conditions of release for the purpose of pretrial detention in violation of In re ...

 

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