Williams v. State

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus challenging his pretrial detention for third-degree felony failure to return a hired vehicle. See § 817.52(3), Fla. Stat. (2009). The trial court ordered petitioner held without bond following a failure to appear for a hearing. Petitioner argues that his failure to appear was not willful and that the trial court failed to make a finding that no reasonable conditions could secure petitioner’s presence at trial. We grant the petition.

After this court’s decision in Williams v. State, 59 So.3d 387 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011), where this court quashed a prior…