State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
October 1995
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Asbestos v. Borden, Inc. · 577 So. 2d 784 - State v. Brown · State v. Landfair · 561 So. 2d 842 - State v. Owens · State v. Cornin
Most-quoted passages
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“|6§ 85. Forfeiture before district court; procedure A. All bonds taken to secure the appearance of any person before any district court executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the state of Louisiana or an agent of such a company, except at a preliminary examination, shall be forfeited and collected as follows: (l)(a) If at the time fixed for appearance such person fails to appear and answer when called, the judge, on motion of the district attorney, upon hearing of proper evidence, including notice or attempted notice to the defendant and the surety, if such is required by Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 387, shall forthwith enter a judgment decreeing the forfeiture of the bond and against such person and his sureties in solido for the full amount thereof. After entering the fact of such failure to appear in the court minutes, the clerk of court shall promptly mail notice of the forfeiture, which shall include the power of attorney number used to execute the bond, to the surety on the bond whose address is on the face thereof and shall execute an affidavit of the mailing, and place it in the record. A copy of the notice also shall be mailed to the agent of the surety who posted the bond. Mailing the notice to the agent alone shall not constitute compliance with this Section. Failure to mail the proper notice within six months after the entry of the forfeiture shall release the surety from all obligations under the bond. (b) “Notice to the defendant,” for the”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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