State v. United Bonding Insurance Company

OPINION

FRANK B. ZINN, District Judge.

United Bonding Insurance Company and its agent seek relief from a judgment ordering forfeiture of the full amount of two criminal appeal bonds, one for $5,000 and the other for $2,000, which they had written for Jerry Ray James following his conviction for separate felonies in the district court of Lea County. James’s convictions were affirmed by this court in State v. James, 76 N.M. 376, 415 P.2d 350 (1966) and 76 N.M. 416, 415 P.2d 543 (1966).

This court’s commitments were issued on July 6, 1966 and on July 12, 1966, directing the sheriff of Lea County to…