State v. Bates

FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, JR., J.:

*264{¶ 1} Appellant, U.S. Specialty Insurance Co. ("Specialty"), appeals from an order of the common pleas court directing it to return 80 percent of the bond premium paid by a criminal defendant or his mother to secure his release pending trial. Specialty argues that the court has no authority to order the refund of a bond premium because such an order would require Specialty to violate state law. After a thorough review of the record and law, this court reverses and remands, albeit for different reasons.

I. Factual and Procedural History

{¶ 2} Crayshaun L. Bates was…