Perkins v. State

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s conclusion that the trial court erred in revoking bail.

On the day that formal arson charges were filed against Perkins, an initial hearing was conducted at which Perkins’s counsel filed a motion requesting that Perkins be released on his own recognizance or, in the alternative, that bond be reduced. The prosecuting attorney conducted an ex parte communication with the judge that evening and asked the court to increase the amount of the bond to no bond. The court granted the request pending a hearing. At the June 2 hearing on Perkins’s motion for…