STATE v. ROMERO

No. 30,000.

160 P.3d 914 (2007)

2007-NMSC-030

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. Anthony ROMERO, Tommy Martinez, and Gerald Madrid Bail Bonds, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 1, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary King, Attorney General, Max Shepherd, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioner.

Joseph Newton Riggs, III, Albuquerque, NM, for Respondents.


OPINION

BOSSON, Justice.

{1} In this appeal, we are called upon to resolve a conflict between a bail bond form promulgated by this Court and a statute governing forfeiture of bail bonds. We hold that the statute controls. See NMSA 1978, § 31-3-2 (as amended through 1993). We expressly adopt the reasoning of the Court of Appeals below, State v. Romero, 2006-NMCA-126, 140 N.M. 524, 143 P.3d 763, as

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