Ex Parte Brown

Jackie Ray Brown petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, requesting that we direct Judge William H. Rhea III, circuit judge for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, to lower his bail, which was set at $300,000. Brown was indicted for three counts of attempted murder for shooting three police officers who had responded to a domestic dispute. Brown filed a habeas corpus petition, requesting that Judge Rhea lower his bail. Judge Rhea denied the petition; this petition followed.

Brown argues that the $300,000 cash bail set by Judge Rhea is excessive and that it therefore violates the Alabama…