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ELLIS v. STATE

No. 73-930.

300 So.2d 273 (1974)

Eugene ELLIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 12, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Gardner, Public Defender, and Robert T. Benton, II, Asst. Public Defender, Bradenton, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard G. Pippinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

ON MOTION RE BAIL PENDING APPEAL

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, an indigent, is appealing his conviction of shooting into an occupied vehicle and consequent imprisonment for five years. The trial court set bail, pending appeal, in the sum of $20,000. Appellant now seeks relief here from this order setting bail.

It is well settled that excessive bail can be the equivalent of a denial thereof.1 We consider a $20,000 bail as excessive...

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