ABC Bonding Co. v. State

RICHARD L. HOLMES, Retired Appellate Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s denial of ABC Bonding Company’s (ABC) motion for remission or mitigation of forfeiture of an appearance bond.

Paul Stanlee Tatum was arrested and charged with the attempted theft-by-deception of three motor vehicles. An appearance bond in the amount of $2,500 was executed by ABC through its agent, Ray McCay.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled for August 7, 1992. Tatum failed to appear for the hearing, and his case was bound over to the grand jury for further action. In December 1992, the grand jury returned an…