United States v. James B. Forrest

ORDER

This case came on for consideration on appellant’s motion for release pending appeal, the Government’s response, and the order of the District Court denying release. The District Court Judge found a danger to the community should appellant be released. He stated:

At first glance it might appear that excessive violence was absent from the instant offense, and that the defendant was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. But a thorough review of defendant’s past record places the instant offense in its true perspective —the latest assault in a continuum of lawless and progressively…