STATE EX REL. LOWREY v. MERRYMAN

No. 83-3186-C-1; SC 30296.

674 P.2d 1173 (1984)

296 Or. 254

STATE of Oregon, ex rel. Norma Jean Lowrey, Petitioner-Relator, v. L.A. MERRYMAN, Circuit Judge of the State of Oregon for Jackson County, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided January 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Howser, Cottle & Howser, Ashland, for petitioner-relator.

Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., James E. Mountain, Jr., Sol. Gen., and Thomas H. Denney, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.


ON PETITION FOR ALTERNATIVE WRIT OF MANDAMUS

PER CURIAM.

This is an original proceeding in mandamus, of which we take jurisdiction under Or. Const. Art. VII (Amended), § 2.1 We are asked to command the defendant circuit judge to order release of the relator, who is a prisoner awaiting trial, on the prisoner's own recognizance or to reduce "bail"2 from the amount of $200,025 now set by the circuit...

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