A brutal triple homicide, occurring during an apparent after-hours robbery at a Texarkana restaurant, shocked the Texarkana community in early September 2003. A short time later, lifelong Texarkana resident Richard Markeil Henson was arrested and charged with three counts of capital murder for his alleged participation in that crime. After Hensons arrest, his application for writ of habeas corpus requested that bond be set in the amount of $50,000.00. The trial court heard evidence on Hensons application, reviewed relevant caselaw, and ordered bond set at $2,250,000.00 ($750,000.00 on each of the three counts). To this Court, Henson contends the bond setting is oppressively high, in violation of his federal and state constitutional rights. We reduce the bond to $1,500,000.00 ($500,000.00 on each count).
