In Re Periandri

Cooney, Judge.

On March 9, 2001, the petitioner, Marco Periandri, commenced this habeas corpus action against the respondent, Sheriff Gerald McFaul. Periandri asserts a claim of excessive bail: in the underlying case, State v. Periandri, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, case No. CR-404238, he is being held on bail of $2,500,000. In that case, he is charged with two counts of attempted aggravated murder, four counts of conspiracy to commit aggravated murder, one count of felonious assault, one count of kidnapping, two counts of intimidation, and two counts of retaliation. On March 29, 2001,…