Legal Opinion · Dissent
United States v. Robert Jerome Skipper, Mrs. William E. McQuinn and Thomas H. Henderson, Iii, Sureties-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1981No. 79-2528Published
1DissentKravitch, Circuit Judge
Respectfully I dissent. This case hinges on the designation of the bond: Is it a recognizance bond, an unsecured appearance bond with special conditions, or a surety bond? The majority, as did the trial judge, concludes it is a surety bond and subject to forfeiture. I disagree.
From the beginning, the circumstances surrounding the matter of bail were marked by confusion and uncertainty. Upon the indictment of Skipper in Atlanta, the prae-cipe and warrant issued by the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia recommended a surety bond in the amount of $10,000, the customary bond for…
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- United States of America, and v. Larry Kenneth Gonware, Glenn Holmes Bail Bond AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Nat Harrison Associates, Inc. v. Florida Power & L. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
- MacIntyre v. Green's Pool Service, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
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