Ex Parte Jamell D. Brooks

COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-12-00249-CR EX PARTE JAMELL D. BROOKS ---------- FROM THE 30TH DISTRICT COURT OF WICHITA COUNTY ---------- OPINION ---------- Appellant Jamell D. Brooks appeals from the trial court’s denial of his request to reduce his pretrial bond from $750,000. The primary purpose of an appearance bond is to secure the defendant’s presence at trial on the offense charged.1 Accordingly, bail should be high enough to give reasonable assurance that the defendant will appear at trial, but it should not operate as an instrument 1 Ex parte Vasquez,

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