Hughes v. State

OPINION

SEARS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of first degree murder and sentenced to fifteen years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. He gave notice of appeal, and the trial court set bond at one-hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars.

Appellant then filed an application for writ of habeas corpus in the trial court requesting that the bail be reduced. The Court denied the writ. In his sole point of error, appellant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his writ for reduction of bail. We affirm.

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