State v. Ely

Appellant Wanda Allard, a material witness in this criminal proceeding, is presently incarcerated due to her inability to post the $50,000 cash bail set by the district court to secure her appearance at trial. She invokes 13 VS.A. § 7556(b) to seek review of the district court’s bail determination. I conclude that this matter is not within the single-justice jurisdiction established by § 7556.

By its terms, § 7556(b) applies to “a person [who] is detained after a court denies a motion under subsection (a) of this section* or when conditions of re*615lease have been imposed or amended by the judge…