Commonwealth v. Smith

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order of the Court of Appeals letting a prisoner to post-conviction bail.

On May 6, 1985, a jury in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County convicted appellee George Clinton Smith of conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute. The trial judge sentenced defendant in accordance with the verdict to imprisonment for 40 years and a fine of $25,000.

Prior to trial, defendant had been admitted to bail on a bond of $150,000 with surety. Subsequent to conviction, counsel for the accused moved the trial court to permit his client to remain…