WHITE V. STATE

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida, July Term, A.D. 2013 Opinion filed October 10, 2013. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D13-2499 Lower Tribunal No. 13-14296A ________________ William T. White, Petitioner, vs. State of Florida, Respondent. A case of original jurisdiction Habeas Corpus. Kenneth M. Swartz, for Petitioner. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Michael W. Mervine, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent. Before SUAREZ, EMAS and FERNANDEZ, JJ. SUAREZ, J. We grant the petition for habeas corpus in part and deny in part because the trial court failed to make the required statutory findings regarding reasonable alternate conditions of release. See § 907.041(4)(c)(7), Fla. Stat. (2012); Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.132(c)(1). We order the trial court to conduct an expedited bond hearing to determine whether there are any reasonable conditions of release that would protect the community and assure the Petitioner s presence at trial. The petitioner shall remain in custody pending resolution of the hearing. 2

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