State ex rel. Miller v. Eighth Judicial District Court

OPINION

The Justice Court of Las Vegas reduced the amount of a bail bond forfeiture by a surety from $3,000 to $1,500. The State filed a notice of appeal to the district court. The district court dismissed the appeal on the ground that it lacked jurisdiction. Apparently the court found that a bail bond forfeiture was a criminal proceeding from which the State had no statutory right of appeal. Sec NRS 189.120.

This court has not previously addressed the question of whether a bail bond forfeiture proceeding is civil or criminal in *35nature. However, other courts have treated such proceedings as…