The Texas Peace Bond – Can It Withstand Constitutional Attack?
Date
1972
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Publisher
Texas Tech Law Review
Abstract
Critiques the Texas Peace Bond Procedure, in which an individual is committed to jail for a period of 1 year upon the individual’s failure to post required bond. The author examines how the peace bond procedure affects people of different classes, especially the indigent. The author then examines whether the procedure aligns with the Equal Protection Clause and the right to due process.
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Keywords
Equal Protection Clause, Indigent, Peace bond, Due process, Fourteenth Amendment, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
Citation
3 Tex. Tech Law Rev. 265