Legal Opinion
United States v. Rafael Santiago, Appeal of Esther Cruz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 29, 1987No. 86-1850PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Esther Cruz, appeals the district court’s denial of her motion to set aside the forfeiture and return the bond posted to secure Rafael Santiago’s release. We affirm.
I
The facts of this case are not in dispute. Pursuant to a grand jury indictment handed down the previous day, Rafael Santiago was arrested July 23, 1985, and charged with drug trafficking; bond was set at $25,000 cash. Santiago was unable to post the required cash bond and moved for a modification of the bond and requested that the court allow a friend, the appellant Cruz, to post real estate…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- William H. Lynch v. City of MilwaukeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. PlechnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Humberto Martinez, Surety Insurance Company and Cal Rynerson, In79-1189. Appeal of Allegheny Mutual Casualty Co., in 79-2696Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Peter Calvin Jones, and W. R. Kenney, Professional BondsmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Glenn Richard Roher, International Fidelity Insurance Company, SuretyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Herbert F. McGill v. Gordon H. Faulkner, Cloid L. Shuler, Jack R. DuckworthCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Wayne L. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Autotech Technologies Ltd. Partnership v. Automationdirect.com, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2006
- United States v. John Joseph Vaccaro, and Rochelle Bell, Doing Business as Bell Bail Bonds, Real Party in Interest-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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