Legal Opinion
Herbert Smith v. City of Hammond, Indiana
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 3, 2004No. 04-1260PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A woman named Leatrice Warren was arrested by the Hammond police and charged with a variety of relatively minor (as these things go) offenses, including battery, intimidation, possession of marijuana, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest, all probably arising from the same incident and eventually resolved by a plea agreement the terms of which we do not know. When she was arrested, Judge Harkin of the Hammond City Court set bail at $6,800 “cash only.” This meant that to get out of jail Warren would have to deposit 10 percent of the amount of the bail — $680—with the…
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