145 N.C. App. 658 - State v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “"The goal of the bonding system is the production of the defendant [.]" State v. Locklear, 42 N.C.App. 486, 489 , 256 S.E.2d 830, 832 (1979) (citation omitted). In Locklear , our Court affirmed the trial court's order to remit the bond to the surety because "[t]he efforts of the bondsman, while not dramatic, did result in the principal's detention on the charge for which the bond had secured the principal's appearance." Id. In State v. Vikre, our Court affirmed the trial court's denial of the surety's petition to remit and held that "the efforts made by the sureties ... did not lead to [defendant's] appearance in [court], the primary goal of the bonds." Vikre, 86 N.C.App. 196, 199 , 356 S.E.2d 802, 804 (citations omitted), disc. review denied, 320 N.C. 637 , 360 S.E.2d 103 (1987). Therefore our Court found that "we cannot say, as a matter of law, that the sureties' evidence conclusively demonstrates ... justifying remission of the bonds[.]" Id. See also State v. Pelley, 222 N.C. 684, 688 , 24 S.E.2d 635, 638 (1943) ("the very purpose of the bond was not to enrich the treasury of [the] County, but to make the sureties responsible for the appearance of the defendant at the proper time").”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 166 N.C. App. 432 - State v. Evans