State v. Liberty Bail Bonds

THOMPSON, Judge,

specially concurring.

¶ 17 Appellants argue that the bonds should not be forfeited because, assertedly, *479the court violated procedural rules in continuing the defendants on release status after their guilty pleas were entered. We have rejected this assertion, and affirm. I agree with this analysis and disposition.

¶ 18 I depart from the majority’s analysis as to the contractual nature of the bondsman’s undertaking. When we have acknowledged that the bond has been likened to “a contract between the suret[y] and the state,” as Division Two did in In re Bond in Amount of $75,000, we…