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NICHOLAS v. COCHRAN

No. 96-1046.

673 So.2d 882 (1996)

Marisita NICHOLAS, Petitioner, v. Ron COCHRAN, as Sheriff of Broward County, Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender, Diane M. Cuddihy and Donald J. Cannarozzi, Assistant Public Defenders, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joan L. Greenberg, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

POLEN, Judge.

Petitioner Marisita Nicholas has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus claiming that her bail in the amount of $100,000.00 is excessive. We grant the petition.

Within the same hearing the trial court increased the amount of bail from $30,000 to $100,000 after hearing testimony which indicated that petitioner possessed assets other than those the trial court considered earlier at the hearing. The value or the liquidity of these other assets...

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