State v. Slaughter

Nichols, Justice.

This court granted certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in Slaughter v. State, 153 Ga. App. 343 (265 SE2d 295) (1980). The issues involved are a review of what procedure should be followed when an appeal bond is forfeited and a determination of whether under the facts of this case the bond should have been forfeited.

Slaughter was surety on a $25,000 appeal bond for Wade, who had been convicted of theft by deception and sentenced to seven years incarceration. Wade filed a motion for new trial and a hearing was scheduled for November 15, 1978. The trial…