Mullinax v. State

Hunstein, Justice.

This is an appeal by Charles Mullinax from the denial of his motion to reduce bond and from the denial of his pre-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons which follow we dismiss the appeal from the order denying his motion to reduce bond and affirm the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

In April 1998 Lindsey Strickland, Mullinax’s girlfriend, was discovered dead by strangulation in Thomas County. Police found a curtain sash from the nearby residence once owned by Mullinax’s mother alongside Strickland’s body and Strickland’s missing…