BENHAM, Justice.
Petitioner Xavier Bryant is confined in the Tift County Jail in the custody of appellee Sheriff Gary Vowell while he awaits trial on charges involving a purported molestation of his stepsister. His pre-trial petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied and, as a prisoner awaiting trial and in custody in lieu of bond, Bryant is entitled to a direct appeal from the denial of habeas relief. Smith v. Nichols,
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