Benefield, Ex Parte Brent

COCHRAN, J.,

filed a statement concurring in the refusal of the petition for discretionary review.

I agree with the Court’s decision to refuse Mr. Benefield’s petition for discretionary review because his grounds for review, as written, do not merit relief. However, because this case raises several legitimate constitutional concerns about judicial review of the pretrial-bond and pretrial-release processes, I write briefly to discuss whether and why the pretrial-bail process has perhaps gone astray of its original statutory purpose.

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After his wife left for work on February 8, 2012, Brent…