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A state appeals court in Lakeland recently issued an important decision<\/a> that could have a significant impact on anyone charged with a Florida drug crime. The court pumped the brakes on what it called an increasingly common move to prevent a person charged with a crime from being released from jail pending trial, even when he or she has paid bail. Some judges in the Sunshine State and across the country had been slowing the release process by saying they want to look into how the person came up with the bail money. Thanks to Florida\u2019s Second District Court of Appeal, those questions are now out of bounds.Bail is a form of insurance for the criminal justice system. A person charged with a crime generally has the option to put up a certain amount of bail money in exchange for his or her release pending trial. The person gets the money back if he or she shows up at the trial. The idea is that the money ensures that the person will return to court.<\/p>\n

The Second District case centered on a Florida man charged with various drug crimes. The judge hearing his case set the man\u2019s bail but agreed with prosecutors to continue holding the man in jail pending a so-called \u201cNebbia\u201d hearing. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a 1966 case called United States v. Nebbia<\/em> ruled that trial courts have discretion to look into how a person intends to pay bail in order to gauge whether he or she will show up for trial if released. Although that kind of hold may be allowable under federal court rules, the Florida appeals court said there was nothing in the state law justifying the move.<\/p>\n

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A state appeals court in Lakeland recently issued an important decision that could have a significant impact on anyone charged with a Florida drug crime. 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