United States v. John Handy Jones, International Fidelity Insurance Company

TATE, Circuit Judge:

International, a surety, appeals from the district court judgment ordering forfeiture of its post-conviction bond issued to assure the appearance of the defendant Jones, should his conviction be affirmed on appeal. We affirm the forfeiture.

Jones was convicted of several felony counts and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. He was released on post-conviction bond in January, 1978, pending disposition of his appeal. Fed.R.App.P. 9(b); 18 U.S.C. § 3148. His conviction was affirmed in 1979. An arrest warrant was issued, but returned with the notation that the marshal was…