Bush v. State

Anthony Bush, the defendant in a pending criminal case, petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus to review an order entered under the pretrial detention statute, section 907.041, Florida Statutes (2011). We conclude that the detention order was unlawful. The court had previously admitted the defendant to bail and the state did not have good cause to seek a modification of the earlier order. Because the defendant’s detention is illegal he is entitled to relief by habeas corpus. We grant the petition and quash the detention order.

The defendant was arrested on April 10, 2011, in…