STATE v. MARTIN

No. A06-2460.

743 N.W.2d 261 (2008)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Michael James MARTIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 3, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel A. McCloud, Carson J. Heefner, McCloud & Heefner, P.A., Shakopee, MN, for Appellant.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Kari L. Myrold, Interim Carver County Attorney, Mary E. Shimshak, Assistant County Attorney, Chaska, MN, for Respondent.

Bradford S. Delapena, Special Assistant State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae State Public Defender.

Kathleen Heaney, Sherburne County Attorney, Arden Fritz, Assistant County Attorney, Elk River, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota County Attorneys Association.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

Appellant Michael James Martin was charged with fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance. At his first appearance, the district court set conditions of pretrial release requiring that Martin submit to a baseline urinalysis drug test in addition to random drug testing. In the alternative, the court set bail, without nonmonetary conditions, of $5,000 cash or a $50,000 bond. When asked why bail in that amount was necessary, the...

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