Legal Opinion
Grady v. Iowa State Penitentiary
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided August 10, 1972No. Civ. 72-C-2022-CPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
HANSON, District Judge.
This ruling is predicated upon a document submitted by Thomas Lee Grady, presently an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa. Grady seeks application for reduction of bond pending appeal of his criminal conviction before the Supreme Court of Iowa. This Court has no power to reduce appearance bond in actions before state courts.
Grady, however, asserts that his appeal bond is excessive, in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The Eighth Amendment is applicable to the states through the…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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