Mayo v. State

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order rendered under authority of Article 44.04(d), V.A.C. C.P. increasing the amount of bail required of our indigent appellant, who ironically has been continuously confined since the date of the alleged offense in lieu of giving bail in the amount originally fixed. Though the proceeding was initiated by motion of the affected district attorney he did not adduce any evidence; the court ruled on the basis of a colloquy with the attorneys and personal knowledge of the judge who also presided at trial leading to the conviction. From what the…