State v. de la Hoya

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRESSLER, P.J.A.D.

Allegheny Casualty Company, the corporate surety which posted a $27,500 bail bond to assure the appearance of defendant Jose de la Hoya, appeals from the order granting it partial remission of the declared forfeiture. Allegheny asserts that under the circumstances, the fifty percent remission allowed by the trial court was so inadequate as to have constituted a mistaken exercise of the court’s equitable power. We agree, and since we have already remanded this matter for findings once before, we now opt to exercise our original…