Ex Parte Pruitt

AFTER REMAND FROM THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT

The petitioner, Renard Pruitt, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus against the Honorable J. Richmond Pearson when the court refused to reinstate the $25,000 bond set at his preliminary hearing and raised the amount of his bond to $200,000. We denied the petition. Pruitt then petitioned to the Alabama Supreme Court. On May 3, 1995, the Alabama Supreme Court ordered us to remand the case to the circuit court so that an evidentiary hearing could be held. We remanded the case, and the trial court held a hearing and refused to reinstate the…