JOANNE PERANO
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Joanne Perano petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging her detention without bond on an aggravated stalking charge. The court granted the petition, finding the trial court erred in denying bond when the State failed to seek pretrial detention and the charge was not a capital or life felony.
A trial court may not deny a defendant's motion for bond when the State fails to move for pretrial detention and the charged offense is neither a capital felony nor a felony punishable by life imprisonment. The court granted the petition and remanded for an expedited hearing.
[1] A trial court may not deny a defendant's motion for bond if the charged offenses are not capital felonies or life felonies and the State fails to move for pretrial detent…
[2] A writ of habeas corpus may be granted when a trial court errs by denying a motion to set bond without the State seeking pretrial detention.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“Under these circumstances, if the State fails to move for pretrial detention, a trial court may not deny a defendant's motion for bond.”
Establishes the core legal principle that denies trial courts authority to reject bond motions absent State motion for pretrial detention in non-capital cases
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligencePetitioner was charged with aggravated stalking after injunction, a third-degree felony. She was detained without bond following a bond hearing. The S…
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WALLIS, J.
Petitioner petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that she is being illegally detained without the benefit of a bond on the charge of aggravated stalking after injunction, a third-degree felony, following a bond hearing. The State has not filed a motion seeking pretrial detention pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.132.
Petitioner correctly argues, and the State correctly concedes, that the trial court erred by denying the motion to set bond. See Kendall v. State, 290 So. 3d 150, 150 (Fla. 5th DCA 2020) (granting “the petition for writ of habeas corpus because, as the State candidly concede[d], ‘the State did not seek pretrial detention’ and Kendall [was] not charged with a capital felony or a felony punishable by life imprisonment”); Rodriguez v. State, 269 So. 3d 639, 640 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019) (granting the petition for writ of habeas corpus “[b]ecause the State did not seek pretrial detention and the new charges did not allege a capital or life felony”); Thomas v. State, 208 So. 3d 326, 326–27 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017) (“Here, none of the charged offenses are capital felonies or life felonies. Under these circumstances, if the State fails to move for pretrial detention, a trial court may not deny a defendant’s motion for bond.”).
Accordingly, we grant the petition, without prejudice to the State to file a Motion for Pretrial Detention pursuant to Rule 3.132, should it choose to do so. We remand for an expedited hearing, which will either address a Rule 3.132 Motion, if filed by the State, or determine reasonable conditions of release pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.131.
PETITION GRANTED.
JAY and HARRIS, JJ., concur. _____________________________
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