Ex Parte Pruitt

ON RETURN TO REMAND

The petitioner, Renard Pruitt, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus against the Honorable J. Richmond Pearson when the judge refused to reinstate the $25,000 bond set at his preliminary hearing and instead raised his bond to $200,000. On April 6, 1995, we denied the petition without opinion. The petitioner then petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court. The Alabama Supreme Court, by order issued May 3, 1995, ordered us to remand the case to the circuit court so that an evidentiary hearing could be held. We remanded the case and it is now in this court on return to remand…