California Court of Appeal

Court's failure to declare a bail bond forfeited on the record and in open court, as required by Penal Code section 1305(a), vacates the forfeiture and exonerates the bond, and trial court thereby lost jurisdiction to later attempt to forfeit the bond.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/08/2002
• Published 05/08/2002

Judges

• JOHNSON, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Nunez & Bernstein and E. Alan Nunez, Fresno, for Defendant and Appellant., Lloyd W. Pellman, County Counsel, Louis V. Aguilar, Assistant County Counsel, and Lauren M. Black, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.