STATE v. HARRISON

No. 22567-CA.

584 So.2d 1203 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Keith Lawrence HARRISON, Defendant, American Bankers Insurance Company, Surety-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith-Martin by Graymond F. Martin, New Orleans, for surety-appellant.

James D. Caldwell, Dist. Atty., Moses Junior Williams, Asst. Dist. Atty., Tallulah, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MARVIN, SEXTON and VICTORY, JJ.


MARVIN, Chief Judge.

In this appeal by the commercial surety on an appearance bond, we reverse a judgment denying the surety's motion to set aside a judgment of bond forfeiture that was rendered when the defendant failed to appear for sentencing after pleading guilty to a drug charge.

The surety claims the trial court should have annulled the forfeiture judgment on several grounds, including the state's failure to give the surety or its agent notice of the...

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