Ex parte McClellan
Decision Date | 24 October 1908 |
Citation | 97 P. 1019,1 Okla.Crim. 299,1908 OK CR 29 |
Parties | Ex parte McCLELLAN. |
Court | United States State Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma. Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma |
Syllabus by the Court.
For the purpose of an application to reduce bail after information filed, the court must assume that defendant is guilty of the offenses charged.
[Ed Note.-For other cases, see Habeas Corpus, Cent. Dig. § 96; Dec. Dig. § 107. [*]]
The criminal Court of Appeals will not grant a reduction of bail on habeas corpus, unless it clearly appears that the amount fixed by the trial court is excessive, and clearly disproportionate to the offense involved.
[Ed Note.-For other cases, see Bail, Cent. Dig. § 211; Dec. Dig § 53. [*]]
In the matter of the application of E. S. McClellan for a writ of habeas corpus. Writ denied.
It appears from the return that there is an agreed statement of facts, as follows:
Agreed Statement of Facts.
F. M. Brook, Attorney for Petitioner."
p>Page F. M. Brook, for petitioner.
Charles West, Atty. Gen., and W. C. Reeves, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
The petitioner, E. S. McClellan, asks the court to admit him to bail upon four informations now pending against him in the county court of Choctaw county, wherein he is charged with illegally selling whisky, on the claim that the bail as fixed by said county court was excessive, and was in contravention of his rights under the Bill of Rights of the state of Oklahoma. The return and agreed statement of facts, which is made a part thereof, show that the petitioner is held on eight commitments, issued on informations filed in said county court, charging various and divers offenses. It further shows that the amount of bail now fixed by said court, where the offense charged is selling intoxicating liquor, is fixed in the amount of $500 in each case. It is evident that the bail so fixed is not excessive, but is very reasonable.
The Bill of Rights in this state provides:
Bail is not to be deemed excessive simply because the particular person charged cannot give the bail required, but bail should never be exacted for the purpose of punishing a person charged with crime, for no person is...
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