85 year old arrested in the middle of the night

[JM Ver. 2.0]

The excessive $50,000 bail for an 85 year old at risk adult is a crime in its self.

You must not understand how bail is set...

EDIT: http://www.denvergov.org/GeneralInfo...6/Default.aspx


Denver County Court Bond Schedule



The bond schedules below have been established by the Denver County Court.


Note: when coming to the Bonding Office to post bond, a defendant will be expected to post the entire bond amount, and may also be assessed one or more of the following fees:

$50 Bond fee per bond posted (excludes Personal Recognizance bonds)
$30 Inmate Processing Fee per booking into the Detention Center
$30 per Outstanding Judgment Warrant (OJW)

Bonds will not be posted unless bond and fees are paid in full.

Credit cards (VISA/MC) are accepted as a form of payment for posting a bond, as long as the owner of the credit card provides a valid form of ID at the time the bond is posted.

DENVER COUNTY COURT SCHEDULE OF BONDS
This schedule hereby sets forth bond amounts for municipal violations; misdemeanors; and felony cases.
Municipal Bond Schedule

Citation	Description	Bond Amount
34-46	Wrongs to Minors	$1,500
38-31(a)	Interference to Police Authority	$500
38-31(b)	Interference with a Sheriff’s Deputy	$500
38-31(c)	Failure to Obey Lawful Order	$500
38-32(a)	Resistance to Police authority	$500
38-32(b)	Resistance to Sheriff authority	$500
38-37	Escape	$1,500
38-43	Violation of Restraining Order	Court Appearance Required
38-93	Assault	$500
38-93.1	Public Fighting	$100
38-94	Unlawful Acts Around Schools (any related charges)	$500
38-114(b)	Harassment Near Health Care Facility	$500
38-117(a)	Concealed Weapon	$1,500
	Second or More Offenses	Court Appearance Required
38-117(b)	Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon	$1,500
	Second or More Offenses	Court Appearance Required
38-117(c)	Flourishing A Weapon	$1,500
	Second or More Offenses	Court Appearance Required
38-121	Discharging/Firing a Weapon-Firearms	$500
38-126 (b), (c) or (d)	Incendiary Device-Explosive	$1,500
38-130	Assault Weapons	Court Appearance Required
38-157	Unlawful Public Indecency	$500
38-157.1	Indecent Exposure	$500
38-158	Prostitution (any related charges)	$1,000
	Second or More Offenses	Court Appearance Required
14-33(f)	Domestic Violence	Court Appearance Required
18-18-406(1)	Possession of Marijuana Under One Ounce	$100
18-18-406(3)	Public Consumption of Marijuana	Court Appearance Required
18-18-428	Possession of drug paraphernalia	$100
	Traffic Infractions	No Bond Required
	All other Denver Revised Municipal Code violations	$100
54-126	Reckless Driving	$500
54-56	Eluding a Police Officer	$1,000
54-159	Drag Racing	$500

Misdemeanor Bond Schedule

Citation	Description	Bond Amount
	All Traffic Offenses except for those listed below.	$100
	Petty Offense – Class 1	$100
	Petty Offense – Class 2	$100
	Class 1	$1,500
	Class 2	$750
	Class 3	$750
12-47-901(1)(h)(I)	Public Consumption of Alcohol	$100
18-3-206	Menacing	$750
18-3-208	Reckless Endangerment	$750
25-14-208(1)	Owner Allowed Prohibited Smoking	$100
25-14-208(2)	Smoking Prohibited	$100
25-14-103.5	Smoking Prohibited Schools	$100
42-4-1301(6)(a)(III)	DUI	$1,500
42-4-1301(6)(a)(II)	DWAI	$1,000
42-2-138(1)(a)	DUR	$750
42-2-138(1)(d)(I)	DUR due to alcohol-related driving offense	$750
42-2-205	Habitual Offender	$500
42-4-1409	NPOI	$750
42-4-1602	Hit & Run	$750
42-4-1402	Careless Driving	$200
42-20-201	Hazardous Material – Transport w/o permit	$200
42-20-305	Hazardous Material – Deviate from route	$200
18-6-801	Domestic Violence	Court Appearance Required
18-6-803.5	Violation of Restraining Order-DV	Court Appearance Required
18-6-401	Wrongs to Children	Court Appearance Required

Felony Bond Schedule

Citation	Description	Bond Amount
	Class 1	No Bond
	Class 2	$100,000
	Class 3	$10,000
	Class 4	$5,000
	Class 5	$5,000
	Class 6	$2,000
	Specific Offenses – Regardless of Class
16-13-303(1)(b) 16-13-303(1)(c) 16-13-303(1)(d) 16-13-303(1)(f) 16-13-303(1)(g) 16-13-303(1)(h) 16-13-303(1)(i) 16-13-303(1)(j) 16-13-303(1)(k)	Public Nuisance – Gambling “” Controlled Substance “” By Statute “” Drug Paraphernalia “” Child Prostitution “” Sex Exploitation “” Commission of Felony “” Eluding “” Hit and Run	$10,000
18-4-301	Aggravated Robbery	$50,000
18-4-102	Arson	$50,000
18-6-401	Child Abuse with Bodily Injury	$50,000
18-8-208	Escape	$50,000
18-4-202	1st Degree Burglary of Building (Drugs) or With Assault, Menacing or Weapon Involved	$50,000
18-3-402(1)(h)	Sexual Assault on Helpless	$50,000
18-3-402(4)(a)-(d)	Sexual Assault force, violence, threat	$50,000
18-3-405(2)(a)-(d)	Sexual Assault on a Child	$50,000
18-3-405.3	Sexual Assault on a Child-Position of Trust	$50,000
18-3-205	Vehicular Assault	$50,000
18-3-105	Deadly Weapon Involved With Criminally Negligent Homicide	$50,000
18-3-104	Deadly Weapon Involved with Manslaughter	$50,000
18-3-203(b)or(d)	Deadly Weapon Involved with 2ndDegree Assault	$50,000
18-3-302(4)(a)(II)	Deadly Weapon Involved with Kidnapping	$50,000
18-3-206(a)or(b)	Deadly Weapon Involved with Menacing	$50,000
18-18-412.5	Manufacture of Controlled Substances	$30,000
16-4-103(1)	Schedule I and II Controlled Substances	$50,000