Case Name: Donald PARRINO, Petitioner, v. Ric L. BRADSHAW, Palm Beach County Sheriff, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2007-12-14
Citations: 972 So. 2d 960
Docket Number: No. 4D07-4651
Parties: Donald PARRINO, Petitioner, v. Ric L. BRADSHAW, Palm Beach County Sheriff, Respondent.
Judges: MAY, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 972
Pages: 960–962

Head Matter:
Donald PARRINO, Petitioner, v. Ric L. BRADSHAW, Palm Beach County Sheriff, Respondent.
No. 4D07-4651.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec. 14, 2007.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 18, 2008.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Daniel Cohen, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and August A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
KLEIN, J.
Petitioner, who is incarcerated, seeks a writ of habeas corpus from an order granting the state's motion for a hearing under U.S. v. Nebbia, 357 F.2d 303 (2d Cir.1966). In Nebbia it was held that, where a defendant posted $100,000 bail in cash, the trial court had discretion to inquire into the source of the funds in order to insure that the defendant will return to court. Petitioner argues Nebbia is not applicable in Florida and that the order should be quashed, so that he can post a bond without inquiry and be released. We deny the petition.
Section 903.046(2), Florida Statutes (2007) and Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.131(b) authorize the court to inquire into "the source of funds used to post bail," as well as into any other facts, to insure defendant's appearance. The motion filed by the state, and the order entered by the court granting that motion, are authorized by the statute and the rule, and accordingly the issue as to the applicability of Neb-bia, a federal case, is beside the point.
Petitioner next argues that the inquiry into the bond is not warranted under the facts in this case. Defendant has been charged with two counts of trafficking in Roxycodone (over four grams), aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, and kidnapping. The total amount of the bond set for all charges was $60,000, and petitioner is not challenging the amount. Although Nebbia, as petitioner notes, may have involved a much larger amount of narcotics, we cannot agree that the trafficking charges in this case would preclude a court from looking into, the source of the funds.
Petitioner also raises numerous constitutional arguments, but has not cited any case which would support the unconstitutionality of the specific order about which he complains. As the Nebbia court noted with regard to Nebbia's argument that his fifth amendment rights would be violated, the issue was premature and could be addressed, if necessary, by the trial court. 357 F.2d. at 305.
The petition is denied.
MAY, J., concurs.
WARNER, J., concurs specially with opinion.