State v. Currington

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court, releasing the defendant-respondent Currington on bail during the pendency of his appeal from a conviction and sentence of ten years for arson, enhanced by five years for a persistent violator charge. We affirm.

We assume for the purpose of this opinion that the order of the trial judge admitting the defendant to bail is appealable (see I.A.R. 11(c)(6), allowing an appeal of right from an order made after judgment, affecting the substantial rights of defendant or the State). In any event, the obvious need for resolution of the…