Legal Opinion
The Accredited Surety and Casualty Company, as Surety for James York Snyder v. United States of America, in the Case Of: USA v. James York Snyder
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1983No. 81-2074PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:
The Accredited Surety and Casualty Company (Accredited) appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina forfeiting $25,000 of a $75,000 bond posted by Accredited in behalf of James York Snyder, who failed to appear at a preliminary hearing on charges of illegal importation of marijuana. Appellant contends that the district court abused its discretion because the forfeiture (1) bore no reasonable relationship to the government’s costs to apprehend Snyder and (2) it did not allow Accredited to be heard on the issue of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. Earl Gilbert Kirkman, United States of America v. G. G. Shaw and W. E. DraperCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Albert Agueci, the Stuyvesant Insurance Company, Surety on BondCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Victor Thornwall Jeffers, as Principal, and Betty I. Jeffers, William O. Barfield, Marvin McDaniel and L. R. Jeffers, as Sureties v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
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