Dollar v. State
Decision Date | 12 August 2005 |
Docket Number | No. 5D05-1923.,5D05-1923. |
Citation | 909 So.2d 399 |
Parties | John E. DOLLAR and Linda K. Dollar, Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. |
Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Charles P. Vaughn, Inverness, for Petitioner.
No Appearance for Respondent.
John E. Dollar and Linda K. Dollar petition this court for a writ of mandamus. Under the unusual procedural circumstances of this case, we elect to treat the petition as one for habeas corpus and we deny relief.
On February 1, 2005, the Dollars were charged with five counts of aggravated child abuse, a first degree felony.1 The court set a $100,000 bond. Three days later, on February 4, 2005, they were arrested in Utah. The state moved to revoke the provision for the Dollars' bond on February 1, 2005, alleging that the Dollars had fled to avoid prosecution. In the absence of the Dollars, the court conducted a hearing, and revoked the bond provision. The order revoking the provision for bond was rendered February 7, 2005, and it did not state specific facts.
On March 15, 2005, the Dollars appeared before the court for an evidentiary hearing, regarding their request for a new bond. The court apparently denied their request, but did not render a written order.
The Dollars then filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court, rather than this court. In their petition they alleged they are being held illegally, because the trial court improperly revoked their bond in that there were no allegations that the Dollars committed new offenses after the initiation of the original information which set bond at $100,000.00, and they were not in the state when the information was filed. The Dollars verified the contents of that petition, and attached the ruling of the trial court and portions of the transcript of the hearing.
The circuit court denied their petition, ruling in part as follows:
The Dollars then filed this petition for writ of mandamus in this court, which essentially reiterates the allegations made in their habeas petition below and attaches a copy of the petition filed in the circuit court, its order, and a portion of the transcript of...
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