Ex Parte Brown

OPINION

DAY, Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of habeas corpus relief. A grand jury indicted Appellant Jamal Brown (“Jamal”) on one count of capital murder. Bail was set at $500,000. Jamal filed a pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus, asserting that the bail was excessive. Following an evidentiary hearing on August 8, 1997, the trial court denied relief, and this appeal followed.

SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE

The indictment alleges that Jamal killed David Ward, the victim, by strangulation or external compression of Ward’s throat, during the course of a robbery. In a written…