State v. Eazy Bail Bonds

OPINION

SWANN, Judge.

¶ 1 Eazy Bail Bonds, Hurricane Bail Bonds, and International Fidelity Insurance Company (collectively, “appellants”) appeal from the superior court’s judgment forfeiting a bail bond. We hold pursuant to Ariz. R. Sup.Ct. 31 that because appellants did not appear through counsel in the superior court, they effectively failed to appear at all. Because they failed to appear, appellants were unable as a matter of law to satisfy their burden of proof on the issue of good cause for the defendant’s failure to appear in the underlying criminal case.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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