HOSKINS v. STATE

No. K-406.

217 So.2d 852 (1969)

Edward Garrett HOSKINS Alias Freddie Steel, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

January 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SPECTOR, Judge.

Appellant seeks reversal of an order entered by the trial court setting supersedeas bond in the amount of $75,000 during the pendency of his appeal from a conviction on charges of attempted robbery. In consequence of his conviction, appellant was sentenced to serve four years in the state penitentiary.

It is urged by appellant that the trial court abused its discretion in setting the appeal bond at so high a figure. The State parries the appellant...

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