Cox v. State

ON MOTION FOR ADMISSION TO BAIL

COBB, Judge.

Cox was convicted of two misdemeanors and sought post-conviction bail. Concluding that Cox was “not entitled to bail” because other felony charges were pending against him and that probable cause had been found that Cox had committed those felonies, the trial judge denied Cox bail pending appellate review of his misdemean- or convictions. Cox has filed a “Motion for Admission to Bail.”1

Whether the conviction is misdemeanor or felony, no absolute constitutional right to post-conviction bail exists. Gallie v. Wainwright, 362 So.2d 936, 941 (Fla.1978).2…