State v. Ramos

The State petitions for certiorari and other extraordinary relief from an order of the trial court admitting respondent Ramos to bail upon appeal to this court from the judgment of conviction for felony drug offenses, entered on a negotiated plea of nolo contendere, reserving the right to appeal the denial of a motion to suppress. Apparently, a condition of the negotiated plea, approved by the court, was that Ramos would be admitted to bail on appeal upon a $300,000 bond. The court honored that apparent agreement, though the State contested its exact terms and urged denial of bail because the…