Q: My husband has been set a $1,000,000.00 bond for drug trafficking herion and the DEA has never found herion on him.
They caught in back in March with two other ppl. The vehicle was inpounded and the police found drugs in it three days later, non of the three was charged with trafficking. Now they pick him up for UPOCS and took him to county and popped the trafficking charges on him. Can someone help
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The bond set seems a bit high, but it does fall within the guidelines established by the Supreme Court for a trafficking charge. The court has broad discretion when setting a bond, and will be overturned only for abuse of discretion. However, the court enjoys both discretion to set a bond and to amend (lower) that bond. Your husband will need a local attorney to consult with and determine if a bond review motion would be appropriate in his case.
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