State v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Whenever the court, in any criminal cause, forfeits any bond or recognizance given in a criminal cause, the court shall immediately enter up judgment in favor of the State and against the principal or principals and surety or sureties on the bond, jointly and severally, for the full amount of the penalty thereof, and shall cause execution to issue thereon immediately after the expiration of thirty days from the date that notice is given via personal service or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the surety or sureties on the bond, of the entry of the judgment in favor of the State, unless before the expiration of thirty days from the date that notice is given to the surety or sureties on the bond of the entry of the judgment in favor of the State, a motion or application of the principal or principals, surety or sureties, or any of them, showing good cause why execution should not issue upon the judgment, is filed with the court. If the motion or application, after a hearing held thereon, is sustained, the court shall vacate the judgment of forfeiture and, if the principal surrenders or is surrendered pursuant to section 804-14 or section 804-41, return the bond or recognizance to the principal or surety, whoever shall have given it, less the amount of any cost, as established at the hearing, incurred by the State as a result of the nonappearance of the principal or other event on the basis of which the court forfeited the bond or recognizance. If the motion or appli”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Nelson

2. “KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey, has constituted and appointed, and does hereby constitute and appoint, [sic] its true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, with full power and authority to sign the company’s name and affix its corporate seal to, and deliver on its behalf as surety, any and all obligations as herein provided, and the execution of such obligations in pursuance of these presents shall be as binding upon the company as fully and to all intents and purposes as if done by the regularly elected officers of said company at its home office in their own proper person; and the said company hereby ratifies and confirms all and whatsoever its said Attorney-in-Pact may lawfully do and perform in the premises by virtue of these presents. THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS VOID IP ALTERED OR ERASED, THE OBLIGATION OP THE COMPANY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE SUM OP [ ] THOUSAND ... AND MAY BE EXECUTED FOR RECOGNIZANCE ON CRIMINAL BAIL BONDS ONLY.... Authority of such Attorney-in-Fact is limited to the execution of appearance bonds and cannot be construed to guarantee defendant’s future lawful conduct, adherence to travel limitation, fines, restitution, payments or penalties, or any other condition imposed by a court not specifically related to court appearances. A separate Power of Attorney must be attached to each bond executed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Nelson

3. “(b) Bond. A party seeking release on bail by posting bond shall submit the bond in a form that substantially complies with Form J annexed to these rules. If a bail bond is secured by insurance, a copy of the bail agent’s power of attorney shall be attached to the bond, and shall be supported by the affidavit or declaration of the bail agent authorized to furnish bail for compensation. The declaration or affidavit shall identify the insurer, provide the agent’s and insurer's license numbers, attest the agent and the insurer are currently licensed and in good standing with the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Hawai'i, and attest the agent and the insurer are in compliance with Hawai'i law governing bail bonds.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Nelson