STATE v. ARMSTRONG

No. 63271.

364 So.2d 558 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Daisy ARMSTRONG et al. (Roger Williams Insurance Co.).

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion November 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tucker & Schonekas, Gibson Tucker, Jr., Peter J. Castano, New Orleans, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Ralph Capitelli, Fredericka Homberg, Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiffs-respondents.


TATE, Justice.

At the instance of the surety on certain bail bonds, we granted certiorari, 363 So.2d 911, to review certain rulings made by the district court with regard to bail bonds by this defendant.

We consider the primary and dispositive issue before us to be whether, in a criminal prosecution, the trial court may entertain a collateral attack upon the legal qualifications of a surety company which has issued a bail...

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