Legal Opinion
People v. Chavarria-Sanchez
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided March 5, 2009No. 08CA0241PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge CONNELLY.
Rosalie Montoya, doing business as Reliable Bail Bonds (surety), appeals a district court judgment forfeiting a $20,000 bond posted for a criminal defendant later determined to have been in this country illegally. This appeal invokes a statute that took effect June 1, 2007. See § 16-3-503(1)(c), C.R.S. 2008; Ch. 397, secs. 2, 5, 2007 Colo. Sess. Laws 1771-72, 1774. We hold (1) this statute limits forfeiture to fees collected by professional bonding agents, rather than the entire posted bond, where a non-appearing defendant later is determined to have been present…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. Chavarria-SanchezColorado Court of Appeals · 2009
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