Case Name: Viet HO, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-06-02
Citations: 929 So. 2d 1155
Docket Number: No. 5D06-1198
Parties: Viet HO, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: SHARP, W. and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 929
Pages: 1155–1160

Head Matter:
Viet HO, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 5D06-1198.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
June 2, 2006.
Michael D. Dicembre, Orlando, for Petitioner.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Pamela J. Roller, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Viet Ho was charged with one count of conspiracy to traffic in MDMA (400 grams or more) and one count of conspiracy to traffic in cannabis (25 pounds or more). After a hearing, the trial court denied bond. Ho asserts that since the State did not file a motion for pretrial detention pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.132, bond cannot be denied.
We agree, grant Ho's petition for writ of habeas corpus, and direct the trial court to conduct a rule 3.131 pretrial release hearing. This decision is without prejudice for the State to file a motion for pretrial detention, should it choose to do so. See Nguyen v. State, 925 So.2d 435 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006); Griffith v. State, 914 So.2d 1053 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005). The trial court is directed to hold the hearing no later than three business days following the issuance of this opinion.
PETITION GRANTED; CAUSE REMANDED.
SHARP, W. and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
SAWAYA, J., concurs specially, with opinion.