Legal Opinion
United States v. Heniz Jurgen Hesse, R. P. Kelley, Movant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1978No. 77-3360PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This is an appeal by one who gambled in a high-risk game and lost. Appellant R. P. Kelley (or Kelly), the surety of an appearance bond in the amount of $200,000, claims that the District Court erred in granting the Government’s motions for default and bond forfeiture when the defendant and principal, Heinz Hesse, failed to attend his sentencing after entering a guilty plea. The District Court found that the terms of the bond contract had been breached and refused to remit appellant’s obligation to pay the penalty. 1 We agree that the appellant lost his gamble fair…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States of America, and v. Larry Kenneth Gonware, Glenn Holmes Bail Bond AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Thomas Miller, Resolute Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Hubert Geroid Brown, AKA H. Rap Brown, AKA R. Hall, AKA R. H. Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Samson Eisner (Principal) and United Bonding Insurance Co. (Surety)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. BassCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. Oscar CervantesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. GambinoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1992
- United States v. CaseyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Gustavo A. Gil, Cotton Belt Insurance Company, a Tennessee Corporation, Surety-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. John Handy Jones, International Fidelity Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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