County of Los Angeles v. Continental Heritage Ins. Co.
Continental Insurance Co. appeals from a summary judgment on forfeited bond after the trial court denied its motion to vacate the forfeiture and exonerate the bond. Citing Penal Code section 1305,[1] Continental contends the trial court lost jurisdiction to declare the forfeiture when the criminal defendant-bailee, Elam Yousefi, previously failed to appear at a pretrial hearing. In denying Continentals motion, the trial court found that Yousefi had not been required to appear at that previous hearing, and therefore jurisdiction had not been lost. Substantial evidence supports the trial courts finding. Accordingly, Court affirm the judgment.
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