Liberty Bail Bonds & Legal Services, LLC v. State

ROBERTS, J,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal concerns the forfeiture of a bond issued by Liberty Bail Bonds and Legal Services. Liberty posted a $25,000 bond for Joshua Williams’s appearance in a criminal matter in the Rankin County Circuit Court. Williams eventually pleaded guilty to armed robbery and *335was sentenced to fifteen years, with ten years suspended. At the conclusion of the plea hearing, Williams asked to be allowed to surrender himself the following Monday to begin the service of his sentence. The State did not oppose the request, and the circuit court granted it.

¶ 2. Williams did not…