5D06-822 Qui Vinh Phuoc Nguyen v. State

State: Florida

Court: Florida Fifth District Court

Docket No: 5D06-822

Case Date: 04/03/2006

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2006

QUI VINH PHUOC NGUYEN, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. ________________________________/ Opinion filed April 6, 2006 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, a Case of Original Jurisdiction. Michael H. LaFay, of NeJame, LaFay, Barker and Tumarkin, P.A., Orlando, for Petitioner Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Rock McGuigan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent. PER CURIAM. Qui Vinh Phuoc Nguyen was charged with conspiracy to traffic in cannabis and MDMA. After a hearing, the trial court denied bond. Nguyen asserts that since the State did not file a motion for pretrial detention pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.132, bond cannot be denied. We agree, grant Nguyen's petition for writ of habeas corpus , and direct the trial court to conduct a rule 3.131 pretrial release hearing. This decision is without prejudice for the State to file a motion for pretrial detention, should it choose to do so. See Griffith Case No. 5D06-822

v. State, 914 So. 2d 1053 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005). The trial court is directed to hold the hearing no later than three business days following the issuance of this opinion.

PETITION GRANTED; CAUSE REMANDED.

PALMER, ORFINGER, and TORPY, JJ., concur.

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