State v. Stu's Bail Bonds

OPINION

This appeal challenges an order of the district court granting respondent’s motion to exonerate a bail bond. The district court exonerated the bail bond on the ground that a defendant who has fled to a foreign country and cannot be legally retrieved is “detained by civil or military authorities” within the purview of NRS 178.509. Having reviewed the record, we conclude that the district court erred.

On October 17, 1997, the criminal defendant in the underlying matter was charged with conspiracy to commit grand larceny. He pleaded guilty to the offense and was released on bail. When the…