STATE v. HAWKEYE BAIL BONDS

No. 96-764.

565 N.W.2d 615 (1997)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Juan Jose Rojas-Cardona a/k/a Pepe Rojas-Cardona, Defendant, and HAWKEYE BAIL BONDS, SURETY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger P. Owens, Des Moines, and Jeanne K. Johnson, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Martha E. Boesen, Assistant Attorney General, J. Patrick White, County Attorney, and John Bulkley, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, CARTER, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

Hawkeye Bail Bonds is the surety on two bonds posted by Juan Jose Rojas-Cardona (the defendant) in two separate appeals from criminal convictions. After the convictions were affirmed on appeal, the defendant requested and obtained delays in the issuance of the mittimus in each case. When the extended time expired and the defendant did not appear, the court forfeited his bonds. The surety appealed, and we affirm.

Following the defendant's first...

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