State v. Abbott

On April 13, 1976, an order was entered in this proceeding which read: “The defendants’ motion for release on bail pending appeal is denied.” State v. Abbott, 116 R.I. 922, 355 A.2d 410 (1976). Thereafter, the defendants filed a habeas corpus petition in the District Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island, in which they alleged that our one-sentence denial of their bail request violated their due process rights. On November 8, 1976, the District Court granted the writ but stayed its enforcement for 10 days pending our response to its request that we either grant bail or…