190 N.C. App. 661 - State v. Rodrigo’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Relief from a forfeiture, before the forfeiture becomes a final judgment, is exclusive and limited to the reasons provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-544.5.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 255 N.C. App. 772 - State v. Chestnut · 255 N.C. App. 802 - State v. Knight

2. “[e]xcept as provided by subsection (f) of this section, a forfeiture shall be set aside for any one of the following reasons, and none other : (1) The defendant's failure to appear has been set aside by the court and any order for arrest issued for that failure to appear has been recalled, as evidenced by a copy of an official court record, including an electronic record. (2) All charges for which the defendant was bonded to appear have been finally disposed by the court other than by the State's taking dismissal with leave, as evidenced by a copy of an official court record, including an electronic record. (3) The defendant has been surrendered by a surety on the bail bond as provided by G.S. 15A-540, as evidenced by the sheriff's receipt provided for in that section. (4) The defendant has been served with an Order for Arrest for the Failure to Appear on the criminal charge in the case in question as evidenced by a copy of an official court record, including an electronic record. (5) The defendant died before or within the period between the forfeiture and the final judgment as demonstrated by the presentation of a death certificate. (6) The defendant was incarcerated in a unit of the Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Public Safety and is serving a sentence or in a unit of the Federal Bureau of Prisons located within the borders of the State at the time of the failure to appear as evidenced by a copy of an official court record or a copy of a document from th”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 255 N.C. App. 772 - State v. Chestnut

3. “The exclusive avenue for relief from forfeiture of an appearance bond (where the forfeiture has not yet become a final judgment) is provided in [N.C.]G.S. § 15A-544.5.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 255 N.C. App. 802 - State v. Knight