ROYALTY v. STATE

No. 46032.

235 So.2d 718 (1970)

Donald ROYALTY v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Kelley, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice.

This habeas corpus case involves the question of whether the Circuit Court for the First Judicial District of Hinds County abused its discretion in requiring a $10,000 bail bond for accused after indictment but before any trial. We hold that it did.

Donald Royalty, appellant, was indicted in March 1970 for the unlawful sale of marijuana. He has not been tried and convicted, and, of course...

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