Ex Parte Penagos

OPINION

PRICE, Justice.

The grand jury indicted appellant, Rosemary C. Penagos, for possession of a controlled substance (cocaine) weighing at least 400 grams. The court set bail at $200,000. Appellant filed a writ of habeas corpus asserting the bail was excessive. The court granted appellant’s application for writ of habeas corpus and reduced bail to $100,000. Appellant brings this appeal from the trial court’s ruling, asserting bail is still excessive.

At the habeas corpus hearing, appellant introduced evidence that she was a person of modest means who supported her mother and father. She…