Paul v. Ryan

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Nikole Hiciano, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Florida, respondent.

Niel Paul seeks a writ of habeas corpus to remedy his detention without bond. At the hearing on the bond motion, the trial court failed to determine whether Paul’s failure to appear was willful.1 See Williams v. State, 59 So.3d 387 (Fla.2011). As such, we grant Niel Paul’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, quash the order below and remand to the trial court only to the extent that we direct the trial court to set an expedited bond hearing for the purpose of determining…