State v. Bernard D. Rougeau

¶ 1. Defendant appeals the trial court's requirement that he post $ 100,000 cash or surety bond to mitigate any potential risk that he flee from prosecution. See 13 V.S.A. § 7554(a)(1)(E). He is currently held in custody for failure to post bail while he awaits trial on three counts: aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer by threatening with a deadly weapon ( 13 V.S.A. §§ 1024(a)(5), 1028(a)(1) ), reckless endangerment ( 13 V.S.A. § 1025 ), and interference with access to emergency services ( 13 V.S.A. § 1031 ). He challenges the imposition of bail and the amount of bail imposed. We…