PROF. BAIL BONDS, INC. v. STATE

No. 638, September Term, 2008.

968 A.2d 1136 (2009)

PROFESSIONAL BAIL BONDS, INC. v. STATE of Maryland et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

March 31, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Fraidin, Baltimore, for Appellant.

Sarah W. Rice (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, for Appellee.

Panel: DEBORAH S. EYLER, MATRICCIANI, CHARLES E. MOYLAN, JR. (retired, specially assigned), JJ.


CHARLES E. MOYLAN, Jr., Judge, retired, specially assigned.

The bail bondsman is not without some coincidental interest in a forfeiture, but he must not be allowed to exaggerate that interest. The forfeiture of collateral remains, at its root, a matter between the State and the defendant, not a matter between the State and the bail bondsman. The forfeiture of a bond is not a punishment of the bail bondsman. It is no more than a continuing incentive to have him find...

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