Legal Opinion
Professional Bail Bonds, Inc. v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 31, 2009No. 638, September Term, 2008PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES E. MOYLAN, Jr., Judge,
retired, specially assigned.
The bail bondsman is not without some coincidental interest
in a forfeiture, but he must not be allowed to exaggerate that interest. The forfeiture of collateral remains, at its root, a matter between the State and the defendant, not a matter between the State and the bail bondsman. The forfeiture of a bond is not a punishment of the bail bondsman. It is no more than a continuing incentive to have him find the defendant and return him to the jurisdiction of the court..... Pantazes v. State, 153 Md.App. 23, 40, 153 Md.App. 23, 834 A.2d…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Taylor v. TaintorSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Frasher v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1970
- United States v. FeelyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Virginia · 1813
- Tyler v. Capitol Indemnity InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1955
- Shifflett v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1989
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3Cited by3 opinions
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