PEOPLE v. RANGER INSURANCE COMPANY
Filed 5/16/06; pub. order 5/31/06 (see end of opn.)
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION THREE
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RANGER INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant. | G035387 (Super. Ct. No. 04CF0529) O P I N I O N |
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Cheryl L. Leininger, Temporary Judge. (Pursuant to Cal. Const., art. VI, § 21.) Affirmed.
Nunez & Bernstein and E. Alan Nunez for Defendant and Appellant.
Benjamin P. de Mayo, County Counsel, and Leon J. Page, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Ranger Insurance Company seeks relief from an order forfeiting bail on the grounds that the bond it issued in this matter was void from the outset. We find this contention without merit and affirm the order.
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FACTS
On February 7, 2004, Frederick Hoisington was arrested by the Huntington Beach Police Department for a violation of Health and Safety Code section 11377, subdivision (a) (possession of a controlled substance) and on a fugitive felony warrant for Maricopa County, Arizona, for one count of aggravated domestic violence. On February 19, the district attorney filed a fugitive criminal complaint pursuant to Penal Code section 1551. At arraignment, bail was set at $50,000.
On March 4, 2004, Ranger Insurance Company (Ranger) issued a $50,000 bail bond for Hoisington. This bond was not labeled as a â€
