Knight v. State

Full title: Brittany KNIGHT, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida; Sheriff for Leon County…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Date published: Oct 2, 2017

226 So. 3d 1082 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

Opinion

CASE NO. 1D17–1832

10-02-2017

Brittany KNIGHT, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida; Sheriff for Leon County, Florida, Respondent.

Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and L. Allen Beard and Carrie McMullen, Assistant Public Defenders, Tallahassee; Benjamin James Stevenson, ACLU Found. of Fla., Pensacola; and Nancy Abudu and Jacqueline Nicole Azis, ACLU Found. of Fla., Miami, for Petitioner. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and L. Allen Beard and Carrie McMullen, Assistant Public Defenders, Tallahassee; Benjamin James Stevenson, ACLU Found. of Fla., Pensacola; and Nancy Abudu and Jacqueline Nicole Azis, ACLU Found. of Fla., Miami, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied. See Dyson v. Campbell , 921 So.2d 692, 693 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (explaining that bail is not per se excessive or unreasonable simply because the defendant is unable to pay it and that trial court must consider a host of other factors in addition to a defendant's financial resources in determining what conditions for pretrial release are appropriate).

WETHERELL, RAY, and MAKAR, JJ., CONCUR.