State v. Musgrove

This case involves an order by the District Court, of the Fourth Judicial District, County of Mineral, requiring In*518ternational Fidelity to forfeit $5,000 of a $50,000 bail bond.

Musgrove was convicted of mitigated deliberate homicide on February 7, 1977. He appealed to this Court. At that time the District Court required the defendant to secure an additional $50,000 bail. International Fidelity provided the additional bond. This Court reversed the conviction and ordered a new trial. State v. Musgrove (1978), 178 Mont. 162, 582 P.2d 1246.

A second trial was commenced in January 1979; defendant…