Birge v. State

Birge petitions for certiorari from a Court of Appeals decision (unpublished) affirming the trial court’s ruling denying him bail pending appeal of his felony conviction of hindering apprehension or punishment of a criminal.

Birge was convicted on October 20, 1976 in Carroll County Superior Court, and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. He was charged with participating in the destruction of the police file on the marijuana possession case against his son. The trial court denied his motion for bond pending appeal by written order of November 2, 1976, stating that the denial was based…