Vasquez v. Commonwealth

**747 In this appeal we review and apply the legal standards for bail decisions in cases where the defendant has been charged with murder in the first degree and the judge must decide whether the defendant should be admitted to bail, or held without bail to assure the defendant's appearance at future court proceedings. The **748 defendant, Pedro Vasquez, has been in pretrial detention since his arrest on January 5, 2015, for the murder of his girlfriend. Following the defendant's indictment and arraignment for murder in the first degree and related charges, a judge of the Superior Court…