State v. Fiasconaro

The state appealed, with the trial court’s permission, from the dismissal of its amended information charging the defendant with the crime of acting as a professional bondsman without a license in violation of General Statutes § 29-145.1 The state contends that the court mistakenly required an allegation of receiving a tangible benefit in return for posting bail. The state also claims that the trial court improperly distinguished between a person who obtains the pretrial release of an individual by posting cash bail and one who posts a surety bond.

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