Walls v. Genung

DREW, Justice.

Petitioner, who is awaiting trial on multiple charges of grand larceny, resisting arrest and rioting, presents in this habeas corpus proceeding the single issue of the constitutional propriety of the trial court’s requirement of bail bond surety as a condition to his pretrial release, after an adjudication of his insolvency and appointment of defense counsel.

By a previous proceeding in habeas corpus the amount of petitioner’s total bond upon all charges pending against him has been reduced to $850, and the petition in this Court is confined to the proposition that because of his…