JOHNNY RAY WILLIAMS, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Parrino v. Ric L. Bradshaw, 972 So. 2d 960 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
  …d a modification of bail “by showing good cause.” Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.131(d)(2). As the petitioner does not raise this issue, it is not necessary to consider this procedural irregularity in this case. Second, despite the footnote in Winer v. Spears, 771 So. 2d 621 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000), which characterizes the holding of Nebbia as standing “for the proposition that a court can require a criminal defendant to establish, prior to posting bond, that the money and/or property used to pay the same were not derived fr…
• Camara v. State, 916 So. 2d 946 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005)
  …od v. Wille, 382 So. 2d 408 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980); Fretwell v. Dobeck, 473 So. 2d 302 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). It is also settled that excessive bond, depending on the financial resources of the defendant, is tantamount to no bond at all. Winer v. Spears, 771 So. 2d 621, 622 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Mesidor v. Neumann, 721 So. 2d 810 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). That is why evidence of financial resources of the petitioner must be heard and taken into consideration before bond is set. Martin v. Jenne, 745 So. 2d 412 (Fla. 4th D…
• Mehaffie v. John Rutherford as Sheriff of Duval Cnty., 143 So. 3d 432 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014)
  …McRay, 871 So. 2d 1001,1003 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004). Therefore, an “excessive bond, depending on the financial resources of the defendant, is tantamount to no bond at all.” Camara v. State, 916 So. 2d 946, 947 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005) (citing Winer v. Spears, 771 So. 2d 621, 622 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Mesidor v. Neumann, 721 So. 2d 810 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)). Here, the bond of $750,009 is excessive in light of the undisputed evidence of Me-haffie’s exemplary employment and armed service history and involvement in his commu…