Court Opinion

ID: 9473741
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 04:38:24.4022+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:43:42.599458
License: Public Domain

McKAY, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
The trial court refused to grant bail pending appeal on the so-called “substantial likelihood” ground. On the matter of the substantiality issue, I think the government puts the problem as nicely as anyone has to date:
Obviously this court, without the benefit of full briefing and a complete transcript, cannot evaluate the impact of the evidence and the arguments assailed. This court is constrained to rule on this matter solely on the basis of Patterson’s motions and this response. It has no way of evaluating how Patterson’s substantial rights were affected. Rule 52(b), Fed.R. Crim.P.
I would order that the defendant be admitted to bail on the substantiality issue but remand to the trial court for consideration of the issue of the risk of flight.