California Court of Appeal

Where the record reflects the trial court had a rational basis for believing there may have been an excuse for the defendant's failure to appear sufficient to warrant continuing the case until the next day without declaring a forfeiture of a bond, the court retained jurisdiction to later declare the bail forfeited when the defendant failed to appear on the continued date.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/19/2003
• Published 05/19/2003

Judges

• JOHNSON, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Nunez & Bernstein and E. Alan Nunez, Fresno, for Defendant and Appellant., Steve Cooley, District Attorney, Brent Riggs and Juliet Schmidt, Deputy District Attorneys for Plaintiff and Respondent the People of the State of California., Lloyd W. Pellman, County Counsel, Gary N. Miller, Acting Assistant County Counsel, and Syna N. Dennis, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent County of Los Angeles.