Legal Opinion
People v. North River Ins. Co.
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided June 28, 2019No. H045228PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBamattre-Manoukian, J.
*527*788I. INTRODUCTION
The North River Insurance Company (North River) appeals from an order denying its motion to vacate forfeiture and exonerate a bail bond and from *789the subsequent judgment entered against it. North River contends that the trial court lost jurisdiction over the bond by failing to declare a forfeiture pursuant to Penal Code section 1305, subdivision (a)1 when defendant Carlos Eduardo Chirinos failed to appear at a hearing in his criminal case. For reasons that we shall explain, we will reverse the order and exonerate the undertaking.
II. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On December 30, 2015,…
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