Legal Opinion

Burns v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 22, 1991No. A14-90-499-CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CANNON, Justice.

This is a bond forfeiture case. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the State and the surety appealed. Appellant brings nine points of error, complaining that summary judgment was improper because of various irregularities in the forfeiture procedure and because of defects in the bond itself. We affirm.

On April 8, 1988, Pedro Alvarez was indicted for the felony offense of delivery of a controlled substance. Bond was orgi-nally set at $500,000.00. On April 9, 1988, Alvarez appeared with counsel in the 338th district court, which ordered his bond lowered…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Parent v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. Tocher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
  4. Yarbrough v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Deckard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. Shaw, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1999
  2. Fisher v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1992
  3. In Re Fuentes, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1997
  4. Aspilla v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Alvarez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993

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