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LEIGHTON v. STATE

No. 5D10-3013.

55 So.3d 675 (2011)

James Keith LEIGHTON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 23, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry L. Locy of the Law Firm of Terry L. Locy, P.A., Cocoa, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee and Carmen F. Corrente , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

James Keith Leighton (Petitioner) filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus with this court asserting that the pretrial bail set in his criminal case in the amount of 1.6 million dollars was tantamount to no bond at all and the trial court's refusal to reduce excessive bond was an abuse of discretion. We grant the petition and order the trial court to either set a reasonable bond or detain the petitioner without bond and set forth the reasons therefor...

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