Duran v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment forfeiting an appearance bond of $7,500.00 against Jimmy R. Duran, principal, and Rio-jas Bail Bonds, surety.

The record reflects that Duran, the principal, failed to appear on July 13, 1979 to answer an indictment in district court charging him with a possession of heroin (repeater). A bond forfeiture was declared, and a formal judgment nisi was entered on September 5, 1979. Citation was issued requiring the principal and the surety to answer as to why the judgment nisi should not have been made final. The surety’s sworn…