State v. Saback

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant arising out of a judgment of the trial court that the defendant forfeit 100 percent of bail. The defendant assigns as error that the trial justice abused her discretion in ordering said forfeiture. Because we hold that the lower-court holding constituted an abuse of discretion, we reverse in part. We further hold the instant matter to be appropriate for the exercise of our supervisory power and direct the trial court that all but $3,000 1 of said forfeiture be remitted.

The defendant, Gabriel Saback, had previously entered into a…