PART I. 
BAIL; RECOGNIZANCE



 



Law Journals and Reviews



 



  Risky Business:  Assessing Dangerousness in Hawai‘i.  24 UH
L. Rev. 63.



 



§804-1  Bail defined.  Bail, or the
giving of bail, is the signing of the recognizance by the defendant and the
defendant's surety or sureties, conditioned for the appearance of the defendant
at the session of a court of competent jurisdiction to be named in the
condition, and to abide by the judgment of the court. [PC 1869, c 50, §1; am L
1917, c 149, §1; RL 1925, §3977; RL 1935, §5430; RL 1945, §10731; RL 1955,
§256-1; HRS §709-1; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1980, c 50, §4; gen ch
1985; am L 1987, c 139, §4]



 



Cross References



 



  See Const. Art. I, §12.



 



Rules of Court



 



  See HRPP rules 5(a), 46.



 



Case Notes



 



  Right to bail is secured under specific provisions, rather
than general constitutional provision relating to liberty.  9 H. 171.



  See 36 H. 188, 192.