Gray v. State

*478The petitioners are defendants in the criminal division of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, challenging their pretrial detention without bond. Each defendant in this consolidated proceeding is charged with a felony punishable by life. At the defendants' first appearance, the presiding judge found probable cause as to their charges and refused to set bond without first determining whether the probable cause affidavit or other materials established that proof of guilt was evident or the presumption was great. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.131(b) (requiring the court at first…