State v. Mecier

This is an appeal from a denial of bail. The defendant is charged with aggravated assault involving the shooting and wounding of his wife and daughter. At the time, his bail on a pending extortion charge, Docket No. 532-77 Rcr, had been revoked for violation of bail conditions.

A first bail hearing was held on the bringing of the assault charge, at which bail was denied on the grounds that “all conditions of release which would allow the defendant to be released on bail and still be a protection to the public” had already been exhausted. This conclusion was based on the several violations of…