Stephanie Kraft v. State

We previously treated the petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in this case as a petition for writ of mandamus and granted relief. This opinion explaining our reasoning follows.

Petitioner Stephanie Kraft was convicted after jury trial of one count of official misconduct, a third-degree felony. She was acquitted of three other counts, two of which were second-degree felonies. Immediately upon conviction, the judge ordered petitioner taken into custody. Petitioner, who had previously been on pretrial release on $1000 bail for this count (and a total bail of $6500 for all four counts), has…