Ex parte Castaneda

OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

Appellant, Andres Castaneda, was convicted of aggravated sexual assault and was assessed punishment at fifteen years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. After sentencing, Castaneda was confined without bond and subsequently, as relator, he filed an application for writ of habeas corpus in which, among *457other things, he claimed the right to bail pending appeal pursuant to TEX.CODE CRIM.PROC.ANN. art. 44.04 (Vernon 1981). The trial court granted the application and set a hearing on the matters contained therein.

Although the record before us does not…