State Supreme Court Adopts Strict Reading of Bail Forfeiture After Detention of Fugitive
The California Supreme Court held yesterday that a provision allowing for the vacatur of forfeiture of bail if a bond company detains a fugitive defendant on foreign soil and prosecutors decline to bring him to the U.S. does not authorize a court to read into the law a rule compelling the agency to make an extradition decision by the deadline for such motions, even if the law for the loss of funds due to indecision.
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