STATE v. FUENTES

No. 97-KA-0474.

707 So.2d 53 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana v. Leonardo FUENTES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Val M. Solino, Assistant District Attorney of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, for the State.

William Noland, Gregory K. Voigt, New Orleans, for Frontier Insurance Company, Appellant.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and PLOTKIN and CIACCIO, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

This appeal raises the issue of whether the surety bond issued by Frontier Insurance Company (Frontier) was properly forfeited. Specifically, Frontier contends that the trial court was required to receive into evidence notice to the defendant of his arraignment which thereafter serves as a predicate for a bond forfeiture. Frontier alleges that the failure of the State to prove that notice of arraignment was issued to the defendant and the surety violates...

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