The following excerpt is from United States v. Bryant, No. 20-1562 (2nd Cir. 2020):
We review a district court's bail determination for clear error. See United States v. Mattis, 963 F.3d 285, 291 (2d Cir. 2020). This "clear error standard applies not only to the factual predicates underlying the district court's decision, but also to its overall assessment, based on those predicate facts, as to the risk of flight or danger presented by defendant's release. That is, the determination that a package of bail conditions will protect the public from a purportedly dangerous defendant is a mixed question of law and fact which we review for clear error. We
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