Santiago v. Ryan

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Santiago seeks habeas corpus relief from an order revoking his pretrial release and detaining him without bond entered pursuant to section 903.0471, Florida Statutes (2000):

Notwithstanding s. 907.041, a court may, on its own motion, revoke pretrial release and order pretrial detention if the court finds probable cause to believe that the defendant committed a new crime while on pretrial release.

(Emphasis added). The legal issue presented by the undisputed facts is whether the statute applies when the defendant commits new felonies from jail during the period between the…