Re: EQUAL PROTECTION ISSUE - I NEED SOME INPUT

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On 11/16/03, Hardy Parkerson, Atty. wrote:
> Dear Counsel.Net Friends,
>
> In Louisiana once a defendant pleads guilty or is
> convicted after trial and put on probation, he is subject
> to being arrested without even a warrant by his probation
> officer for "probation violation". Seems to me like
> probation officers delight in doing this. Once arrested
> for probation violation, a probationer may or may not be
> allowed bond pending his "probation hearing." I am sure
> that a probationer is not entitled as a matter of absolute
> right to be released on bond pending his probation hearing
> on the issue of revocation. However, since some
> probationers who have been so arrested for probtion
> violation are indeed admitted to bail pending their
> probation revocation hearing, I think that under
> the "equal protection" clause of the U.S. Constitution all
> such probationers must be so admitted to bail. Of course,
> the court may set the bond in any amount it feels
> necessary to assure the appearance of the defendant, but I
> argue that if it allows some to be bonded out awaiting the
> hearing, then it must allow all defendants to be admitted
> to bail; and to grant this privilege to some and to deny
> it to others is a violation of the "equal protection"
> clause. What do you think?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Hardy Parkerson, Atty.
> Lake Charles, LA
> hmparkerson@bigfoot.com
>

Re: EQUAL PROTECTION ISSUE - I NEED SOME INPUT, 4/01/12, by Rachael Phipps.

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