Hill v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Whether incarceration in a foreign country is an “uncontrollable circumstance” under [Art. 22.13(3) ] in the same manner as incarceration in another state. Whether an affidavit establishing only that a principal was incarcerated in a foreign country at the time he failed to appear raises a fact issue sufficient to preclude a summary judgment forfeiting the bond.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hill v. State

2. “The fact that the charge against the principal Granthum in this state is a misdemeanor which may be prosecuted after the felony sentence in Nebraska has been served, whereas Williams had been convicted in this state of a felony, convinces us that the reasoning of the Williams case should not be applied.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hill v. State

3. “[S]ome uncontrollable circumstance which prevented [the] appearance [of the principal] at court, and it must, in every case, be shown that his failure to appear arose through no fault on his part.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hill v. State