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- Title: Vargas v. State
- Author : Third District, at Austin Texas Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 22, 2003
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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As the result of a traffic accident, appellant was charged with manslaughter (trial court cause number 6352), driving with a suspended license (trial court cause number 32,691), and failure to stop and render aid (trial court cause number 32,689). Bail was initially set at $1,000,000 in the manslaughter case, $2,500 in the driving with a suspended license case, and $100,000 in the failure to stop and render aid case. Appellant applied to the trial court for writs of habeas corpus seeking reduction of bail in each case. A hearing was held on August 20, 2002. During the hearing appellants counsel referenced Article 1, Section 11 of the Texas Constitution and Section 1.07 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in urging that the initial bail was excessive. The trial court lowered appellants bail in the manslaughter case to $250,000 and in the failure to stop and render aid case to $25,000. No appeal was taken.