Burns v. State

OPINION

OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Carol Burns, appeals by writ of error from a default judgment rendered in a criminal bail bond forfeiture case. We affirm.

Facts

On June 22,1990, Israel Vasquez entered a plea of guilty to the charge of possession of marihuana and was sentenced to seven-years confinement. Vasquez notified the trial court that he intended to appeal, and the trial court set his appeal bond at $10,000.

Also on June 22, 1990, Vasquez, as principal, and Bums, as surety, 1 executed an appeal bond, and Vasquez was released from custody. On April 25, 1991, the Fourteenth…