State v. Slider’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. “* * * personally appeared before me and jointly and severally acknowledged themselves to owe the State of Ohio the sum of: TEN THOUSAND SURETY BOND DOLLARS * * * " should Higgins fail to appear. Capitalization sic. {¶ 22} Further complicating matters, we note neither Abrams nor A-1 Bail Bonds appear on the bonding documents and their relationship to this case, on the four corners of the contract document, is therefore unclear. Two very brief hearings in this matter did Richland County, Case No. 2020-CA-0019 9 nothing to clarify these issues. During the June 6, 2019 hearing, Abrams merely testified he works for a bail bonds company without specifying which company or his capacity therein. Meanwhile, the bond document states "the company,”

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

2. “acknowledged debt to state for $60,000.00 should defendant fail to appear. The Fourth District Court of Appeals found this conflicting language created ambiguity with respect to the capacity in which the attorney in fact signed the recognizance form and whether or not he intended to be personally responsible for the debt. {¶ 21} Similarly here, the power of attorney form indicated the”

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