Court Opinion

ID: 9811736
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 22:27:50.128175+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:06:38.192605
License: Public Domain

TOM GRAY, Chief Justice,
concurring.
After careful consideration of the issues raised in the State’s response to Campbell’s amended motion for bail, which motion became ripe for determination only upon the denial of the motion for rehearing on January 14, 2004, I cannot agree that $10,000 bail is adequate. My determination is independent of the court’s determination to reverse the conviction. Campbell is entitled to bail under the statute. But given that the purpose of bail is to secure his presence for trial, that this conviction arose as a result of his flight from authorities, that his criminal history shows a propensity for violence, and that this offense involved the use of a gun, I would have to set bail higher than $10,000.
Accordingly, I concur in setting bail but respectfully dissent to the amount of bail as set by the majority.