NO. _______________

STATE OF TEXAS	§	IN THE ________ DISTRICT COURT	
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vs.	§	OF	
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_______________	§	________ COUNTY, TEXAS	

	APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS SEEKING BAIL REDUCTION

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:

	Now comes _______________, Defendant, by and through his attorney of record, and makes this Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus Seeking Bail Reduction, and for good cause shows the following:
	1.	_______________ is illegally confined and restrained of liberty by the Sheriff of ________ County, Texas in the ________ County Jail in ________, Texas in lieu of a bond in the amount of $__________.  _______________ is charged with __________, which is a _______ Degree Felony.
	2.	_______________'s confinement and restraint is illegal because bond is excessive, oppressive and beyond the financial means of _______________, in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, Article I, §§ 11, 13 and 19 of the Texas Constitution, and Articles 1.09 and 17.15 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
	3.	_______________ respectfully requests this Court to conduct an evidentiary hearing and, after receiving evidence, to reduce the amount of bond to a reasonable amount in order that _______________ will have an opportunity to obtain release from incarceration pending trial.
	WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, _______________ prays that the Court grant and issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus to the Sheriff of ________ County of ________ County, Texas, directing and commanding production of _______________ before this court instanter, or at such time and place to be designated by this Court, then and there to show cause, if any there be, why _______________ should not be discharged from such illegal confinement; or  that _______________ be allowed bail in a reasonable amount.  _______________ further prays that immediate bail be allowed in a reasonable amount, conditioned that _______________ appear at the hearing to await further orders of the Court.

												Respectfully submitted,

												_________________________
												Attorney for Defendant

	CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
	This is to certify that on ________, a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document was delivered to the District Attorney's Office, ________ County, ________ County Courthouse, ________, Texas _____, by hand delivery.

														_____________________
														Attorney for Defendant

	AFFIDAVIT

THE STATE OF TEXAS	§
	§
COUNTY OF ________	§

	BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared _______________, who being by me duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says, 
"I am _______________, the Defendant in this cause; I have read the above and it is true and correct."

____________________________________
Affiant

	SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME on                        , 20___, to certify which witness my hand and seal of office.

___________________________________
Notary Public, State of Texas

NO. _______________

STATE OF TEXAS	§	IN THE ________ DISTRICT COURT	
	§		
vs.	§	OF	
	§		
_______________	§	________ COUNTY, TEXAS	

ORDER OF SETTING

	On                     , 20______, came on to be heard the Application of _______________ for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, and it appearing to the Court that said _______________ is entitled to a hearing on said Application, it is THEREFORE ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus directed to the Sheriff of ________ County of ________ County, Texas, and commanding the Sheriff of ________ County to have and produce the person of _______________ before me in the courtroom of the ________ District Court, ________ County Courthouse, on                     , 20_____, at              o'clock ________.m., then and there to show cause why the said _______________ should not be released from custody on a reasonable bond.
Signed on 	.

_________________________________	
JUDGE PRESIDING

NO. _______________

STATE OF TEXAS	§	IN THE ________ DISTRICT COURT	
	§		
vs.	§	OF	
	§		
_______________	§	________ COUNTY, TEXAS	

O R D E R
	On                  , 20_____, came on to be considered the Defendant's Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus Seeking Bail Reduction in the above styled and numbered cause, and said Application is hereby (GRANTED) (DENIED).  Accordingly, bail is hereby (SET) (CONTINUED) in the amount of $               .
															Signed on_____________________ .

															______________________________
															JUDGE PRESIDING

NO. _______________

STATE OF TEXAS	§	IN THE ________ DISTRICT COURT	
	§		
vs.	§	OF	
	§		
_______________	§	________ COUNTY, TEXAS	

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
TO THE SHERIFF OF ________ COUNTY, TEXAS:
	GREETINGS:
	YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to produce before me at the ________ District Court, ________ County Courthouse, in the County of ________, State of Texas on the _______ day of _____________________, 20____, at __________ o'clock _____M., the person of _______________, whom it is alleged you illegally restrain of his liberty, when and where you will show why you hold the said _______________, in custody, or restrain him of his liberty.
	HEREIN FAIL NOT, and return make hereof.
Signed on 	.
______________________________	
JUDGE PRESIDING