Richard Merrill McCarter DBA Merill Bail Bonds v. State

OPINION

YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Justice.

Appellant — surety of a criminal bond issued to principal Rafael Lopez in a proba tion revocation proceeding — seeks reversal of the trial court’s bond forfeiture judgment, maintaining that the State’s dismissal of the motion to revoke Lopez’s probation following his death entitles Appellant to mandatory remittitur of bond. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Appellant posted bond in a probation revocation case for principal Lopez on January 29, 2012. Lopez failed to appear in court on April 8, 2012, and the trial court issued a judgment nisi. Appellant am swered,…