STATE v. HARKNESS

No. COA98-1281.

516 S.E.2d 166 (1999)

STATE of North Carolina v. Leandrus HARKNESS, American Bankers Insurance Co. & Benny West, Sureties.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas S. Punger, Winston-Salem, for appellee Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education.

James S. Pfaff, Greensboro, for petitioner-surety-appellants.


McGEE, Judge.

American Bankers Insurance Company/City Bonding Company, through its agent Benny West (petitioners), appeal a judgment denying a petition for remission of bond filed 4 May 1998. Leandrus Harkness (Harkness) was arrested 9 April 1992 on a charge of conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, and his bond was set at $50,000. Petitioners posted two bonds for Harkness, one in the amount of $25,000 and a second for $20,000. Harkness failed to appear on his court date...

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