UNITED STATES v. LePICARD

Nos. 83-1053, 83-1063.

723 F.2d 663 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George Adam LePICARD, Defendant, Goldberg and Telles Bail Bonds and Cotton Belt Insurance Company, Real Parties in Interest-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George Adam LePICARD, Defendant, Linda LePicard, Real Party in Interest-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger W. Dokken, Asst. U.S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellee.

Jan Lawrence Handzlik, Stilz, Boyd, Levine & Handzlik, Los Angeles, Cal., for real parties in interest-appellants.

Before WRIGHT, CHOY and POOLE, Circuit Judges.


POOLE, Circuit Judge:

Corporate sureties and an indemnitor on bail bonds appeal an order forfeiting bail. Because we hold that the sureties were not bound by the condition whose violation led to the forfeiture order, we reverse.

I. FACTS

On January 21, 1981, George LePicard was found in California, arrested and taken into custody pursuant to an Arizona bench warrant and indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine...

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