State v. Jenkins

WALKER, Judge.

The State appeals the 6 January 2000 order of the trial court dismissing female assault charges against the defendant. Defendant was arrested in the early morning of 8 May 1998 for allegedly assaulting a female, Ellen Jenkins. After defendant’s arrest, he was received at the detention facility at 6:15 a.m. The magistrate ordered the defendant to be held without bond because of “domestic violence,” and set the case for bond hearing in district court at 1:30 p.m. If defendant had not appeared before a district court judge by 6:30 a.m. on 10 May 1998, defendant was to be brought…