First Arkansas Bail Bonds, Inc. v. State of Arkansas , 2022 Ark. App. 395 ( 2022 )

Cite as 2022 Ark. App. 395ARKANSAS 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.
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