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smith432 · Joined: 24 May 2012 Posts: 347

The factors that the court generally considers in bail hearings and bail reduction hearings rare essentially the same. However, at Bail Hearings the Attorney usually has to petition the court for a hearing date and submit a written motio for bail reduction. Generally, the court considers the following factors presented by the Criminal Defense Lawyer at bail hearings: The seriousness of crime charged against accused; the likelihood of conviction; the extent of criminal punishment; the accused criminal record and previous record on bail; accused record and mental condition; length of accused record in community; accused family ties and relationships; accused employment status and financial condition; identity of responsible members of community who will vouch for accused reliability, and any other factor bearing on the risk or failure to appear.

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