Ex Parte Poindexter

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

These are appeals from orders in a ha-beas corpus proceeding seeking reduction of bail after indictment but before trial in eleven cases, and in one case, after judgment and sentence and notice of appeal.

Appellant had been found guilty for the sale of narcotics and prior to the punishment stage of the trial he “jumped bond” and went to Mexico. Punishment was assessed in that case at ten years.

The record reflects that appellant was indicted in twelve cases involving mainly the unlawful sale of narcotics and in each case he made a $3,000 appearance bond with his brother as…