People v. Hampton

PIERCE, Judge.

Surety Insurance of California and Albert C. Smith, Sr., (the surety) appeal a judgment entered against the surety subsequent to forfeiture of a recognizance bond and denial of surety’s motion to exonerate the bond. We reverse and remand.

Isiah Hampton was arrested and charged with narcotic offenses in November 1976. He was released after Robert Thompson (Thompson) and Robert Tinsley (Tinsley), agents of the surety, executed separate recognizance bonds totalling $10,000. These bonds required that Hampton appear for arraignment and “from day to day and term to term thereafter, and…