Hopkins v. BRADLEY COUNTY

OPINION

in which CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., J., and D. MICHAEL SWINEY, J„ joined.

Plaintiff was incarcerated in jail on an arrest warrant that authorized bail of $1,500.00, which defendants failed to honor until the elapse of a 12 hour period. The Trial Judge held the defendants violated the statute governing the arrest warrant, and that the violation amounted to a constitutional violation entitling the plaintiff to damages. We granted an interlocutory appeal on these two rulings by the Trial Judge. We uphold the Trial Judge’s determination that the defendants violated the statute by holding…