Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

my boyfriend is in jail for poss. and or use of identification, he has to prior state jail felonies and his bond is extremly high set at 150,000 and 40,000 for theft of 1500.00 to 20,000 while on bond he picked up the second case of the poss. first acse held a twenty thousand bond and upon catching the second case the first bond was revoked and raised to 40,000 bond the new case began at no bond and was dropped down to a 150,000 bond. no what law shows that this is illegal and they are using an extremlly high bond as a vehicle of oppresion, and what is it that we can do. is there a statuue of limitation on the bond lowering process. is this a violation of a constitutional right.


Asked on 9/19/09, 4:15 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Keith Engelke Law Office of S. Keith Engelke

His attorney can ask the court to lower the bond at any time. However, the fact that his probation was revoked does not make him a good candidate for any bond, however low. Since he was convicted and faces a revocation hearing where he will be sent to jail, he has every reason to run.

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Answered on 9/27/09, 7:27 pm


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