UNITED STATES v. LEATHERS

Nos. 22816, 22818.

412 F.2d 169 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America v. James E. LEATHERS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. David Matthew WILLIAMS, III, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

April 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis J. O'Rourke, Washington, D. C., was on the motion for appellant in No. 22,816.

Mr. Peter C. Jenkins, Washington, D. C., was on the Memorandum of Law and Fact for appellant in No. 22,818.

Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on appellee's opposition to the motion in No. 22,816 and appellee's response to the Memorandum of Law and Fact in No. 22,818.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and McGOWAN and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges, in Chambers.


PER CURIAM:

In recent months this court has experienced a dramatic increase in appeals by persons detained pending trial from the imposition of bail bonds which they are financially unable to meet.1 This phenomenon may or may not reflect a conscious recoil from the letter and spirit of the Bail Reform Act of 19662 on the part of those judges entrusted with its day-to-day adminstration. We can appreciate the...

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