Court Opinion

ID: 7769354
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 20:50:48.249261+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:28:32.649241
License: Public Domain

Freddie Buford Walker petitions for a writ of habeas corpus directing Judge Denny L. Holloway to lower his bail, which was set at $750,000. Walker was arrested in December 2001 and charged with sodomy, rape, and kidnapping. Walker's bail was set at $750,000 — $250,000 for each offense. In July 2002, Walker filed a habeas *Page 1065 
corpus petition in the Circuit Court of Houston County requesting that his bail be lowered. That petition was denied; this original habeas corpus petition followed.
Because the bail in this case was substantially higher than the amount recommended in the bail schedule in Rule 7.2, Ala.R.Crim.P., we directed the respondents to answer the allegations in the petition. The State has responded by requesting that we remand this case to the circuit court for that court to state its reasons for setting bail at $750,000. Walker is charged with three Class A felonies. The bail schedule contained in Rule 7.2, Ala.R.Crim.P., recommends that bail for a Class A felony be set between $3,000 and $30,000.
The State's request that we remand this case is consistent with prior caselaw. In Ex parte Thomas, 815 So.2d 592 (Ala.Crim.App. 2001), we remanded the case for the lower court to state its reasons for setting bail at $1,000,000 for three counts of felony murder. See also Ex parte Pruitt, 673 So.2d 836 (Ala.Crim.App. 1996).
For the reasons stated above, this case is remanded to the Circuit Court of Houston County for that court to state its reasons for setting Walker's bail at $750,000. Due return should be filed in this Court no later than 14 days from the date of this opinion.
REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS.*
McMILLAN, P.J., and COBB, BASCHAB, SHAW, and WISE, JJ., concur.
* Note from the reporter of decisions: On November 8, 2002, on return to remand, the Court of Criminal Appeals, denied the petition, without opinion.