Court Opinion

ID: 9596238
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:47:26.994114+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:33.873944
License: Public Domain

*554TOM GRAY, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
This is a case in which the Court simply disagrees with the trial court, so it substitutes its judgment for that of the trial court. Because the evidence shows substantial connection to international and interstate drug trafficking by the defendants, thus raising serious concerns about being a flight risk, I cannot say the trial court abused its discretion in setting a substantial bail.1 I would not hold the trial court abused its discretion. I therefore respectfully dissent.

. There is also an unanswered question. By what authority does an appellate court set the appropriate amount for bail? In every other context where the trial court exercises a range of discretion, upon a finding of an abuse, we reverse and remand for further proceedings — but not in setting bail.