Larry R. Lund’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “[Njothing the majority or minority said [in Taylor ] was intended to mean that the Extradition Clause or any other provision of the Constitution authorizes bondsmen to violate the law of a state or provisions of the federal Constitution in an effort to apprehend a bail jumper. The language from the majority opinion ... is not meant as an interpretation of federal constitutional law. It does not create for bondsmen “a clearly established right” under the Extradition Clause and hence does not shield a bondsman under federal law from arrest for violation of the law of Ohio in apprehending bail jumpers. The quoted language from Taylor v. Taintor appears to be simply an effort to state the common law powers of bondsmen, as found in Blackstone, Chapter 8, and several other sources. We find nothing in Taylor or in Chapter 8 of Blackstone, that would authorize the broad power of a bondsman at common law to “break the law” as claimed by Lund.The bondsman may be authorized under the law of the state where a bond is made to retrieve bail jumpers, but he must abide by the law of the state he enters to pursue his fugitive. Federal constitutional law does not preempt state law or immunize bondsmen from violations of local law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Walker v. Commonwealth