Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Parker

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided August 9, 2000No. 10-00-131-CRPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*712OPINION

GRAY, Justice.

Chad Parker is charged with an aggravated sexual assault of a child under fourteen years of age. His pretrial bail was set at $75,000. Parker filed a writ of habeas corpus to reduce his bail. The trial court reduced his bail to $50,000. After securing findings of fact and conclusions of law from the trial court, Parker appealed the reduction to this Court. The trial court’s judgment is affirmed.

Applicable Law

We review a trial court’s decision to reduce a defendant’s pretrial bail under an abuse of discretion standard. Ex parte Spaulding, 612 S.W.2d 509, 511…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte RubacCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. Ex Parte CharlesworthCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Ex Parte SpauldingCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  4. Ex Parte McCullough, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1999

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Chari v. VoreOhio Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Chari v. VoreOhio Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Ex parte TataCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2011
  4. Graham Land & Cattle Co. v. Independent Bankers Bank, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2006
  5. Armstrong, Ex Parte Rodarrion D.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2015

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