STATE v. KAERCHER

No. 66678.

394 So.2d 1172 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Kenneth KAERCHER and Thomas Tighe, and Allied Fidelity Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. O'Connor, Geoffrey H. Longenecker, Wegmann & Longenecker, New Orleans, for defendants-relators.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Francis Dugas, Dist. Atty., John J. Erny, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.

This matter comes before the court on an application for certiorari filed by the surety on a bail bond issued shortly after defendants' arrest. We granted the application to review a judgment forfeiting the bond when the defendants, who had appeared for trial and for sentencing, failed to appear for execution of their sentences.

After their arrest the two defendants were released on June 8, 1977 under bail bonds of $100,000 and $75,000 furnished...

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