Garza v. State

OPINION

EDELMAN, Justice.

C.T. Garza and William Renteria appeal a judgment of bail bond forfeiture entered in favor of the State of Texas on the ground that the trial court failed to follow article 17.19(b) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. 1 We affirm.

On August 28, 1992, Garza, a bail bondsman, executed a $50,000 bad bond to secure the release of Renteria, a defendant charged with a felony offense. On December 7,1992, Pedro Villareal, a bail agent who had worked for Garza for four years, allegedly brought an Affidavit of Surety to Surrender 2 to the trial court and handed it to the…