Morin v. State

OPINION

PAUL PRESSLER, Justice.

Judgment for $5,000 was entered against appellants on a bond that was forfeited on March 12, 1987. We affirm.

Eunice Benton was surety on a bail bond for Martin Morin. The bond was forfeited because Mr. Morin failed to appear in court. On March 4, 1988, the judgment against Martin Morin, as principal, and Eunice Benton, as surety, was entered.

The threshold question is whether article 22.16 of the Tex.Code Crim.Proc. Ann. (Vernon 1988) is to apply retroactively to the date the bond was initially forfeited. Article 22.16 provides, in part, as follows:(c) A final…