This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current state of pre-trial incarceration after a 2017 rule change that instructed judges to use bail only as a last resort and instead, consider non-financial conditions of release. Methods of analysis include data collection on pre-trial...
Prince George's County- A Study of Bail - Color of Change 2018.pdf
The Pretrial Court Observation Project was designed to educate community members about the pretrial process, while helping gather important data at the critical time of the recent implementation of a Maryland Court Rule change. This report documents the observations and findings of sixty-four...
Bail Reviewed- Report of the Court Observation Project - Maryland Office of the Public Defender 2018.pdf
This report was prepared for the Baltimore City and Prince George’s County branches of the NAACP. In 2017, the Maryland Court of Appeals enacted a change in court procedure. The new court rule has substantially changed how the bail system operates in Maryland. This analysis points out (1) a drop...
Advancing Bail Reform in Maryland- Progress and Possibilities - Princeton University 2018.pdf
This is a court order granting the petition on habeas corpus in the Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District, Division One, in California. The court here directed the trial court to vacate the portion of its bail order imposing the warrantless search condition. #Bail #CourtRules ...
In re Webb (2018).PDF
In re Humphrey on Habeas Corpus in CA Court of Appeal (2018): In this Opinion, California's First Appellate District Court of Appeal reversed the petitioner's bail determination and remanded the matter for further consistent proceedings. In doing so, the Court noted that the "petitioner is...
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This is a court order from the 21st Judicial District setting bond at $100,00 cash only in the case Colorado v. Myers. #Litigation #CourtRules #RiskManagementandSupervision
Order in CO v. Myers - CO District Court 2017.pdf
This is a court order denying a motion to dismiss and granting a petition for habeas corpus in the case of Reem v. Hennessy from the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California. Also included are a supplemental brief and a response to the supplemental brief. #CourtRules ...
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This is a decision from the NJ Supreme Court. The Court held that the State may proceed by proffer at a detention hearing. The Court rejected both statutory and constitutional arguments that live testimony is required. Addressing defendant’s procedural due process challenge, the Court...
State v. Ingram (2017).pdf
This is a New Mexico District Court Rule regarding the setting of secured bonds. #CourtRules #Bail #Judicial
New Mexico District Court Rule 5-401- Pretrial Release (2017).pdf
The Rules Committee has submitted its One Hundred Ninety-Second Report to the Court of Appeals, transmitting thereby proposed new Rule 4-216.1 and amendments to current Rules 4-212, 4-213, 4-213.1, 4-214, 4-215, 4-216, 4-216.1, 4-216.2, 4-217, 4-349, 5-101, and 15-303 and Form 4-217.2. ...
Notice of Proposed Rules Change - Maryland Standing Committee on Rule of Practice and Procedure (2016).pdf
This is an Order to amend Rules 3, 6, and 7 and abrogating forms 6 and 7, Rule 41, Rules of Criminal Procedure and Substituting New Forms 6 and 7 in their place. #CourtRules #Bail #Judicial
Order for Rules 3, 6, 7, and 41- Rules of Criminal Procedure - Arizona Supreme Court Rule (2017).pdf
On December 20, 2013, the Indiana Supreme Court created a committee "to study evidence-based pre-trial release assessments and to make recommendations to the Court, including proposed new or amended rules and procedures to facilitate the implementation of such recommendations." The resulting...