Read v. State

OPINION

DAUPHINOT, Justice.

Appellant Donald Wayne Read was convicted of felony driving while intoxicated and sentenced to ten years’ confinement and a $10,000 fine. In a single point he appeals the trial court’s denial of his request for a reduction of $50,000 bail pending appeal. We reverse.

In Code of Criminal Procedure article 17.15, the Legislature has unequivocally set out the rules for fixing the amount of bail:

The amount of bail to be required in any case is to be regulated by the court, judge, magistrate or officer taking the bail; they are to be governed in the exercise of this…