Hokr v. State

In the instant bond forfeiture case at the hearing on whether the judgment nisi should be made final the judgment nisi was not introduced into evidence. Only the bail bond was introduced by the State. In the appellate record before us is the judgment nisi, regular on its face, signed by the County Judge before whom the aforesaid hearing was conducted.

It is well established that both the bond and the judgment nisi must be introduced into evidence to support a final judgment of forfeiture. See Fears v. State, 500 S.W.2d 815 (Tex.Cr.App.1973); Purkey v. State, 494 S.W.2d 541 (Tex.Cr.App.1973),…