STATE v. SESSION (2019)

Writ denied.

While I agree with the denial of the defendant’s writ application, I write separately to express my serious concern regarding the substantial increase in the amount of defendant’s bail. I vote to deny defendant’s writ application nonetheless because (1) we afford discretion to district courts in fixing bail, as the district court is intimately familiar with the evidence against defendant and any other relevant factors for which bail may be fixed, see C.Cr.P. art. 316, and (2) defendant’s trial is imminent, thus limiting the deprivation of his liberty.

Hughes, J., would grant. Crichton, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.