Prieto Bail Bonds v. State

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

Prieto Bail Bonds appeals a judgment nisi forfeiting a $40,000 bail bond upon which Prieto was surety. We affirm.

Oath of Senior Judge Jerry Woodard

In its first point of error, Prieto claims the judgment nisi was void because the presiding judge failed to take an oath of office. Finding that the judge possessed de facto judicial authority, not subject to collateral attack, we overrule the point.

The Honorable Jerry Woodard was district judge of the 34th District Court of El Paso County for seventeen years, from 1969 until 1986. He was Justice on the Eighth Court of…