Legal Opinion
United States v. Jorge Rojas
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 10, 2005No. 04-10877PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
In June of 1994 Jorge Rojas was arrested in Miami on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to import cocaine. The district court set his bail in the amount of $60,000.
In order to help secure Rojas’ release, Lidia Puchades signed an indemnification agreement with Athans Bail Bond, the surety which actually posted the $60,000 bond for Rojas. 1 Puchades pledged her house as collateral, not to the court in order to secure the bail bond, but to the bail bond company- in order to secure her obligation to indemnify it should the…
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