People v. Diaz

Opinion by

Judge PLANK.

Sureties, Richard Decintio and Amwest Surety Insurance Company, appeal from the judgment of $5,000 entered against them on the forfeiture of the bail bond they posted for the release of defendant, Jose Antonio Diaz. We affirm.

Sureties premise their challenge to the trial court’s refusal to exonerate them from liability on the bond on the contention that they were unable to effect the apprehension of the fugitive defendant upon finding him in Florida because of the failure of the District Attorney to have placed the arrest warrant information on the national crime…