First Arkansas Bail Bonds, Inc. v. State of Arkansas

2022 Ark. App. 395

Opinion

Cite as 2022 Ark. App. 395 ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION III No. CV-21-298

Opinion Delivered October 5, 2022 FIRST ARKANSAS BAIL BONDS, INC. APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI COUNTY APPELLANT CIRCUIT COURT, SEVENTH DIVISION V. [NO. 60CR-18-830]

STATE OF ARKANSAS HONORABLE BARRY A. SIMS, JUDGE

APPELLEE AFFIRMED

MIKE MURPHY, Judge

Appellant First Arkansas Bail Bonds, Inc., appeals from the April 5, 2021 bond-forfeiture

judgment of the Pulaski County Circuit Court. On appeal, appellant argues that the circuit court

erred in granting the $4,000 bond-forfeiture judgment against it because appellant did not receive

notice of a bond hearing. We affirm.

Appellant wrote three surety bonds for David Martinez. On December 15, 2017, appellant

wrote a surety bond for Martinez in case No. 60CR-17-4386 in the amount of $25,000. On February

26, 2018, appellant wrote a surety bond for Martinez in case No. 60CR-18-670 in the amount of

$15,000. On March 7, 2018, appellant wrote yet another surety bond for Martinez in case No.

60CR-18-830, in the amount of $4,000. Subsequently, Martinez failed to appear for a May 14

omnibus hearing.

The instant appeal concerns the bond-forfeiture proceedings as related to case number 60CR-

18-830. The facts, issues raised on appeal, and arguments are identical to those presented in First Arkansas Bail Bonds, Inc. v. State, 2022 Ark. App. 397, ___ S.W.3d ___, which we also hand down

today. Therefore, we deem it unnecessary to restate them here, and we adopt and incorporate herein

by reference the reasoning set forth in the aforementioned companion case. Accordingly, we affirm

the $4,000 bond-forfeiture judgment entered against appellant.

Affirmed.

VAUGHT and BROWN, JJ., agree.

Wankum Law Firm, by: J. Jeff Wankum, for appellant.

Leslie Rutledge, Att’y Gen., by: Christopher R. Warthen, Ass’t Att’y Gen., for appellee.