Legal Opinion
People v. Topa Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 8, 1996No. Docket Nos. G017110, G017304PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSBY, J.
Topa Insurance Company moved to vacate a bail forfeiture and exonerate the bond, arguing the court failed to state on the record that the bail of a criminal defendant who failed to appear for a pretrial hearing was forfeited. The superior court rejected the contention, and we affirm.
Per Penal Code section 1305, subdivision (a), “[a] court shall declare forfeited the undertaking of bail... if, without sufficient excuse, a defendant fails to appear” in court when ordered to do so. Where “the surety is an authorized corporate surety, and if the bond plainly displays the mailing…
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