State v. Dennis

SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS, Judge.

| financial Casualty & Surety, Inc. (“Financial”) appeals the trial court’s judgment dated May 5, 2015 denying its motion to set aside a judgment of bond forfeiture. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On January 18, 2013, the State filed a bill of information against appellee Doug*274las Dennis, charging him with illegal carrying of a weapon by a convicted felon, a violation of La. R.S. 14:95.1. The magistrate judge set his bond at $20,000.00. On February 13, 2013, Financial, a commercial surety, issued an appearance bond for Mr.…