Trammel v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

This appeal is from a final bond forfeiture judgment, in which the sureties H. H. Trammel and Joe Cypert are appellants.

The appeal presents the question of whether the bond can be forfeited when the principal is placed on misdemeanor probation and violates the probationary condition to pay a fine.

The record reflects that on March 9,1973, the principal in the appearance bond, Anita Duckworth Fogle, was charged by information in the County Criminal Court No. 3 of Dallas County with the misdemeanor offense of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated. She was released…