Kernahan v. State

OPINION

This is an appeal from denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner complains of the trial court’s action in denying his pretrial release on personal bond. Petitioner is pending trial on an indictment charging theft of services over $200.00 in value. He was arrested on June 23, 1982. An indictment was returned on September 24, 1982. This was quashed by the trial court, sua sponte, on September 27,1982, at a bail reduction hearing. The indictment failed to allege an offense date. On the same day, the prosecutor filed a handwritten information, alleging the same felony…