State v. Lutze

CARTER, Judge:

This is an appeal to set aside a trial court judgment of forfeiture of a surety bond.

The facts as set forth by the trial judge in his written reasons for judgment are as follows:

“On or about September 16th or 17th of 1981, the defendant, Shannon Lutze, was arrested on charges of two counts of obscenity, one count of ‘B-Drinking’, possession of marijuana and possession of quaaludes.

On September 19th, the defendant, as principal, and Abe Pereira, as surety, executed a personal surety bond in the sum of $30,000.00, to secure the defendant’s release pending disposition of these…