State v. Hanscom

BOARDMAN, Judge.

By petition for writ of certiorari, the state seeks review of the trial court’s order releasing respondent, Rodney D. Hanscom, an adjudicated drug trafficker, from prison under a $15,000 bond pending the outcome of the state’s appeal of respondent’s sentence. We grant the writ of certiorari and quash the challenged order.

Respondent pled guilty to the charged offense of trafficking in excess of 400 grams of cocaine, a first-degree felony punishable under section 893.135(l)(b)3., Florida Statutes (1983), by a fifteen-year mandatory minimum term of imprisonment and payment of a…