State v. Patel

**932Article first, § 8, of the Connecticut constitution provides that "[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have a right ... to be released on bail upon sufficient security, except in capital offenses, *1038where the proof is evident or the presumption great ...." The principal issue before this court is whether the constitutional right to bail is extinguished when a defendant has been found guilty of a criminal offense or whether it continues until the defendant has been sentenced for that offense.

The defendant, Hiral Patel, was released pretrial on a $1 million bond, which the…