STATE v. MWANGI (2020)

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

STATE of North Carolina v. Peter Waweru MWANGI, Defendant, and 1st Atlantic Surety Company, Surety.

No. COA19-798

Decided: September 15, 2020

Tharrington Smith, LLP, by Stephen G. Rawson and Colin Shive, for appellee Granville County Board of Education. Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, by Amie C. Sivon, Mary M. Webb, and Kimberly N. Dixon, for surety-appellant.

Defendant Peter Waweru Mwangi's surety, 1st Atlantic Surety Company, appeals the forfeiture of Mwangi's $200,000 secured bond. This case was heard and orally argued together with its companion case, State v. Lemus, No. COA19-876, ––– N.C. App. ––––, ––– S.E.2d –––– (Aug. 18, 2020).

For the reasons stated in Lemus, we reverse the trial court's order and remand for entry of an order setting aside the bond forfeiture.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

Report per Rule 30(e).

DIETZ, Judge.

Judges STROUD and HAMPSON concur.

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