If your loved one has a serious General Sessions charge and the Bond Court has denied bond or has set an unreasonably high bond the defendant has a right to file a motion for a bond reduction.

As a bond reduction attorney James Snell can work with the Solicitor's Office and Court to schedule a hearing to ask a Circuit Court Judge to consider setting a bond or reducing the bond that has already been set.

It is not unusual for the Bond Court to set a bond in the hundreds of thousands of dollars even when the charges are non-violent. Further in cases that carry a possible sentence of life imprisonment the Bond Court will not have the authority to set bond and instead must refer the initial bond setting to General Sessions. During a bond reduction hearing the Court may lower the bond after being shown evidence of a defendant's likelihood to appear in Court or that they are not a danger or threat to the community.

If you are interested in discussing the potential of having bond set or of obtaining a bond reduction you are invited to contact the Law Office of James R. Snell, Jr., LLC for a confidential consultation. You may contact the office directly at (803) 359-3301 or 24 hours a day at 1-866-252-5789.