Hill v. State

Petitioner Angela Hill filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging that her detention without bond was illegal because she has been held since her arrest for violation of probation on June 1, 1999 without a first appearance, bond or preliminary hearing. Petitioner advised that the presiding judge would not entertain a hearing in her case until July 6, 1999 at the earliest. This court already has granted this petition by order, but now issues this opinion to explain its rationale for doing so.

Section 948.06(1), Fla. Stat. (1997), provides that a warrant for the arrest of a…