Bridges v. Superior Court

This opinion for habeas corpus is brought by one whose recognizance was revoked on February 3, 1978, after a Superior Court justice found that the petitioner (Bridges) had violated a condition of that recognizance. Bridges alleges that the hearing justice erred in finding a violation based on evidence that had been obtained pursuant to an invalid search warrant. Bridges further contends that, even if constitutionally infirm evidence may be introduced at a bail hearing and thereby used to justify a revocation, the state deprived him of his constitutional right to a speedy trial because he was…