FAOUTAS v. STATE

No. 98-3169.

745 So.2d 398 (1999)

Kenneth FAOUTAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Phil Patterson, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Edward C. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


MINER, J.

Here we review the trial court's denial of appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus testing what the trial judge describes as an "informal policy" regarding the refusal by some first appearance magistrates in Leon County to modify a "bail" amount endorsed by another judge on an arrest warrant without the consent of that judge.

Although the issue is moot with respect to the appellant, we address the matter because it involves an unwritten...

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