Smith v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is a bond forfeiture proceeding. The appellant Smith, charged with a violation of the Arkansas Securities Act, entered a plea of not guilty and was released on a $5,000 cash bond put up by his father. Smith’s attorney withdrew from the case. The prosecuting attorney, desiring to know whether an attorney should be appointed for Smith as an indigent, apparently brought about the sending of a notice by the court clerk for Smith to appear on November 22, 1977, “for arraignment[s] only.” Smith, having already been arraigned, did not appear, and the court forfeited…