Legal Opinion
People v. Bustamante-Payan
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided February 4, 1993No. 92CA0006PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge METZGER.
The People appeal from the trial court’s order exonerating sureties, Mary Ellen Pollack and Richard Jordan, from liability on all but $1,500 on the forfeiture of $125,000 in bail bonds they had posted for the release of defendant, Felipe Bustamante-Payan. We vacate the order and remand the cause with directions.
Defendant, a Mexican national, was charged with various drug offenses in two separate criminal actions; he was released from custody when sureties posted three separate bail bonds on his behalf in the aggregate amount of $125,000. After defendant failed to…
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