State v. Musgrove

International Fidelity Insurance Company (herein referred to as the insurance company) appeals from the order and judgment of the Mineral County District Court discharging half of the forfeiture of a $50,000 bail bond. The insurance company contends first, that the trial court erred in excluding relevant, admissible evidence concerning the excuse of mental illness offered to exonerate the bond forfeiture, and second, that there is insufficient evidence to support the trial court’s determination.

Defendant Musgrove was charged with mitigated deliberate homicide, and a $50,000 bail bond was…