People v. Rickman

I. Introduction

John Richard Rickman was convicted by a jury of two counts of violating a bail bond condition. One of the bond conditions at issue prohibited Rickman from possessing weapons and the other condition required that Rickman not violate any state or federal laws while released on bail bond. Since neither of the two conditions Rickman violated were ordered by the judge during Rickman’s bail bond hearing, but were instead added by the pretrial services program based on bond condition forms preapproved by the trial court, the court of appeals reversed Rick-man’s conviction on both…