Ex Parte Walton

OPINION

KEITH, Commissioner.

This appeal is taken from an order entered in a habeas corpus proceeding in the 47th District Court of Potter County. At the time of the filing of the application, appellant was under indictment for murder, it being alleged that he killed Michael Armstrong by shooting him with a gun. Appellant was incarcerated under a capias with the bond having been fixed by a magistrate at $50,000.

At the conclusion of the hearing on the application to reduce the amount of bail, the trial court noted that the bail “is to some degree excessive” and reduced the bond to $25,000.…