Legal Opinion
People v. American Surety Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 9, 2009No. G040720PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BEDSWORTH, J.
American Surety Insurance Company (American Surety) appeals from judgment for the People forfeiting bail after a motion to set aside the forfeiture was denied. It argues the trial court lost jurisdiction to forfeit bail when the case was not called on the date set for arraignment by the jailer, and there was no jurisdiction on a later arraignment date set by the district attorney. We agree and reverse.
FACTS
On September 26, 2007, American Surety posted a $20,000 bail bond for the release of Abel Perez on drug possession charges. Perez was ordered to appear on November 1,…
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