Stephenson v. District Court In & For the Eighth Judicial District

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

In this original proceeding, the petitioner Kenneth L. Stephenson requests a writ in the nature of prohibition and mandamus restraining the respondent district court from revoking the petitioner’s personal recognizance bond. We issued a rule to show cause, and now make that rule absolute.

On October 30, 1980, the day after his arrest, the petitioner appeared in custody before a judge of the county court.1 The judge authorized the petitioner’s release from custody upon a $2,500 personal recognizance bond co-signed by the petitioner’s wife. The court continued the bond until…