PER CURIAM.
The petition for habeas corpus relief is denied. The petitioner was arrested on a capias in which the issuing judge directed that petitioner be held without bond. The judge did not authorize the setting or modification of bail by the judge presiding over first appearance. Therefore, the first appearance judge had no authority to grant bail. See Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.131(j); State v. Norris,
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