Commonwealth v. Foley

The defendant was arraigned in a District Court on June 2, 1980, on four complaints to which he entered pleas of not guilty. Bail was set at $10,000 surety or $1,000 cash. Unable to furnish bail, the defendant was held in jail until a probable cause hearing on June 12,1980, on which date he was bound over to the grand jury on three of the complaints, and the same bail was continued in effect. Failing to furnish bail, he was remanded to jail. Following a probation surrender hearing on an unrelated case on June 13, 1980, his probation was revoked, and he was sentenced to a year in a house of…