IN RE:  BAIL BONDS GUIDELINES        )

COMMITTEE                                         )           ORDER

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            The Court having considered the need to address issues relating to bail, and the diverse guidelines established in judicial districts throughout the state concerning bail and bail bonds;

            NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that there shall be a Bail Bonds Guidelines Committee, and that the charge of the Committee shall be as follows:

            The Bail Bonds Guidelines Committee shall review the statutes and Supreme Court rules pertaining to bail in criminal cases, as well as the bail guidelines adopted by the judicial districts, and shall consider and recommend any amendments, deletions or additions to those provisions; shall consider whether to recommend uniform statewide guidelines for procedures relating to bail; and shall make any other recommendations relating to bail that will further the efficient operation of the courts, the protection of the rights of all parties in criminal cases, and the protection of society.

            IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following persons are appointed as members of the Bail Bonds Guidelines Committee, to serve until further order of the Court:

           

Hon. Barry Wood, Chair             District Judge	Hon. Darla Williamson             District Judge
Hon. Gaylen Box             Magistrate Judge	Hon. Thomas H. Borresen             Magistrate Judge
Hon. David C. Epis             Magistrate Judge	Dale Freeman             Department of Insurance
Steve Caylor             Trial Court Administrator             Second District	Larry Reiner             Trial Court Administrator             Fourth District
Steve Tobiason             Kane & Tobiason	Ken Owens             Ken Owens Bail Bonds
John Duvall             John Duvall Bail Bonds	Dan J. English             District Court Clerk             Kootenai County
Marvin Williams             Sheriff, Washington Co.	Douglas Nelson             Roark Law Firm
Heather Reilly             Deputy Prosecuting Attorney             Ada County	Michael Henderson             Legal Counsel, Supreme Court

           

           

DATED this ___21st_____ day of April, 2006.

By Order of the Supreme Court

 

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Gerald F. Schroeder, Chief Justice

 

 

ATTEST:  ______/s/______________

                  Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk