Legal Opinion
People v. Soto-Gallegos
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided July 10, 1997No. 96CA0960PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge DAVIDSON.
Surety, Pioneer General Insurance Company, appeals from the judgment of $85,000 entered against it on the forfeiture of the $100,000 bail bond it posted for the release of defendant, Juan Francisco Soto-Gallegos. We affirm.
In 1993, surety posted a bond for defendant’s release on felony drug charges. In 1995, while free on the 1993 bond, defendant was arrested on new drug charges. He was temporarily jailed on these charges and later released on a second bond posted by a different surety. Later, defendant failed to appear for a scheduled court date on the 1993 charges…
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- People v. TylerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
- People v. JaramilloSupreme Court of Colorado · 1967
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