Seattle1
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Can you all remember any other cases in Texas where the alleged murdered who had also used a gun and fled the country to escape capture was to able to receive bail and pay the bond, released and was put on house arrest with a gps monitor ? Is this the way it’s always done in Texas? Is the any way a judge can revoke her bail before she makes it? I live in a state that does not allow bail for people charged with murder and I’m really shocked about Texas. ^^bbm
In this case, given KA used a weapon to murder MW, seems she would have either needed another felony conviction on her record, was on bail for a felony, or on felony probation when she killed MW, to be denied bond.
If prior cases exist where examples cited by OP were denied bond, it would likely be because the Texas Constitution made it happen. At this time, I'm not aware of the date the following 4 exemptions were actually adopted.
The Texas Constitution (Section 11a) sets out the following four exceptions where a murderer shall NOT be bondable:
- If a defendant is charged with a felony and has been convicted of two prior felonies at two different times
- If a defendant has been charged with a felony while on bail for a felony for which he has been indicted
- If a defendant has been charged of committing a felony with a deadly weapon AND has been convicted of a prior felony; or
- If a defendant has been accused of murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, or indecency with a child while on felony probation.
If, at the hearing, the judge finds that one of these four circumstances applies and (for circumstances 1 and 3 only) if evidence is also presented substantially showing the defendant’s guilt, the judge can order the defendant held without bond for sixty days.
But after sixty days, the no bond order is set aside and the judge must set a bond.
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