California Court of Appeal

Held that the trial court abused its discretion when it tripled the defendant's bail. The defendant, who was charged with securities fraud, argued that there was no good cause for raising his bail from $100,000 to $300,000 because he already had been out on bail for four years without incident and had never missed a court hearing. Finding merit in his constitutional arguments, the California Fourth Appellate District vacated the bail ruling and remanded with directions to reconsider the amount of bail.

Appellate Information

• Published 2018/08/15

Judges

• Huffman

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel