You are a recently elected magistrate in your home county of Marshall County, West Virginia. Your office is located in the city of Moundville which is deemed the county seat. on average you handle at least twenty tothirty initial appearances a day ranging from low level misdemeanors tohigh level violent felonies. As part of your duties during the initial appearance, you must determine whether or not the accused should receive bail while awaiting possible trial. on this particular day, you are hearing the initial appearance of a 21 year-old male whohas been caught selling heroin throughout the community. This particular individual is not a stranger toyour court or the criminal justice system in the county. on prior occasions, you have permitted the accused bail, the first twotimes were RoR and the last time was 10% cash. However, this time his drug dealing was not the only charge. In addition tothe possession and the intent todistribute charge, he was alsofound in possession of an illegal switchblade knife, and twoillegal handguns. At this point, you must decide whether or not togrant bail. What doyou and why? Please fully explain.
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