Alvarez v. Felton

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

After his arrest on a charge of carrying a concealed firearm, Alvarez posted the $5,000.00 “standard bond” and was released. At the arraignment, the trial judge sua sponte conducted a hearing concerning the appropriate terms of pretrial release, see Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.131(b), and imposed an additional condition of “house arrest” which requires the defendant to wear an electronic security bracelet. By this petition for habeas corpus, he now challenges the propriety of the additional condition. We deny the petition.

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