Costa v. State

ANSTEAD, Judge.

The petitioner is here complaining about the alleged excessiveness of bail which was set by the trial court at $250,000.00. The drug trafficking charges pending against the petitioner involve substantial penalties which include a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years imprisonment and a fine of $200,000.00. Section 893.135(l)(a)(3), Florida Statutes (1979). The record reflects that the trial court had evidence before it that the petitioner was heavily engaged in illicit drug trafficking in this country as well as Colombia and the Bahamas and that he had actually lived in…