Cresta v. Eisenstadt

OPINION

JULIAN, District Judge.

The petitioner, William Cresta, is confined by the respondent Sheriff in the Suffolk County Jail at Boston awaiting trial in a State court. He stands indicted as an accessory before the fact to the December 28, 1968 armed robbery at Boston of a Brink’s Incorporated armored car of $542,802.48 in cash and $526,147.96 in checks. 1 Petitioner here seeks a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2241, on the ground that his present bail of $100,000 is so excessive as to violate his rights under the Constitution of the United States 2 and the Constitution of Massachusetts.

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