{ "id": 3665958, "name": "FIRST ARKANSAS BAIL BONDS, INC. v. STATE of Arkansas", "name_abbreviation": "First Arkansas Bail Bonds, Inc. v. State", "decision_date": "2008-05-22", "docket_number": "07-387", "first_page": "468", "last_page": "469", "citations": [ { "type": "official", "cite": "373 Ark. 468" }, { "type": "parallel", "cite": "284 S.W.3d 483" } ], "court": { "name_abbreviation": "Ark.", "id": 8808, "name": "Arkansas Supreme Court" }, "jurisdiction": { "id": 34, "name_long": "Arkansas", "name": "Ark." }, "cites_to": [ { "cite": "318 Ark. 608", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ark.", "case_ids": [ 1455876 ], "year": 1994, "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ark/318/0608-01" ] }, { "cite": "324 Ark. 373", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ark.", "case_ids": [ 9160427 ], "weight": 2, "year": 1996, "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ark/324/0373-01" ] }, { "cite": "372 Ark. 50", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ark.", "case_ids": [ 3509474 ], "weight": 2, "year": 2008, "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ark/372/0050-01" ] }, { "cite": "Ark. Code Ann. \u00a7 16-84-207", "category": "laws:leg_statute", "reporter": "Ark. Code Ann.", "weight": 4, "pin_cites": [ { "page": "(b)(2)(B)" }, { "parenthetical": "b" }, { "parenthetical": "b" } ], "opinion_index": 0 }, { "cite": "373 Ark. 463", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ark.", "case_ids": [ 3666055 ], "weight": 4, "year": 2008, "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ark/373/0463-01" ] } ], "analysis": { "cardinality": 221, "char_count": 3300, "ocr_confidence": 0.78, "pagerank": { "raw": 4.03580807328026e-08, "percentile": 0.10592335692158114 }, "sha256": "9c59582dfab091c9a6a708f2e8ebb32b11957278960b28142ac59cc2a8bbd81b", "simhash": "1:a5d29cfeedcf77d0", "word_count": 550 }, "last_updated": "2023-07-14T21:24:36.449526+00:00", "provenance": { "date_added": "2019-08-29", "source": "Harvard", "batch": "2018" }, "casebody": { "judges": [], "parties": [ "FIRST ARKANSAS BAIL BONDS, INC. v. STATE of Arkansas" ], "opinions": [ { "text": "Jim Gunter, Justice.\nThis appeal arises from an order of the Sebastian County Circuit Court forfeiting a $25,000 bond posted by Appellant First Arkansas Bail Bonds, Inc. (\u201cFirst Arkansas\u201d) to assure court attendance by criminal defendant Francisco Estrada. This case is one of three similar cases certified to this court by the court of appeals pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. l-2(b)(l), (4)-(6) (2007). For the reasons set forth in First Arkansas Bail Bonds, Inc. v. State, 373 Ark. 463, 284 S.W.3d 525 (2008), we reverse the forfeiture judgment and remand for an order consistent with this opinion.\nOn May 11, 2005, First Arkansas posted a $25,000 bail bond for Estrada\u2019s release and to assure his attendance on pending charges. Estrada failed to appear at his plea or trial request hearing before the Sebastian County Circuit Court on November 16, 2005. On November 18, 2005, the circuit court entered an order to show cause and served it on First Arkansas. On November 3, 2006, the circuit court entered a Bond Forfeiture Summons, directing the circuit clerk to notify First Arkansas to appear on December 13, 2006, to show cause why the full amount of the bond should not be forfeited to Sebastian County.\nAt the December 13, 2006 hearing, First Arkansas argued that the circuit court violated Ark. Code Ann. \u00a7 16-84-207(b)(2)(B) by not immediately issuing a summons for the show-cause hearing upon Estrada\u2019s failure to appear. The circuit court ruled that First Arkansas was properly notified in November 2005 via certified letter and entered an order forfeiting the $25,000 bond. On December 14, 2006, the circuit court filed its judgment against First Arkansas. First Arkansas now brings this appeal.\nOn appeal, First Arkansas asserts that the November 3, 2006 summons was not \u201cimmediately issued\u201d as required by Ark. Code Ann. \u00a7 16-84-207 (b)(2)(B). In response, the State contends that (1) First Arkansas has not preserved this argument for appeal; (2) in the alternative, the November 18, 2005 order to show cause was a summons pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. \u00a7 16-84-207 (b)(2)(B); and (3) even if the order to show cause were not a summons, First Arkansas received immediate notice of Estrada\u2019s failure to appear, and the circuit court\u2019s letter setting and giving notice of the show-cause hearing actually favored First Arkansas.\nStatutory service requirements, being in derogation of common law rights, must be strictly construed and compliance with them must be exact. See Brennan v. Wadlow, 372 Ark. 50, 270 S.W.3d 831 (2008); Caruth v. Design Interiors, Inc., 324 Ark. 373, 921 S.W.2d 944 (1996); Dougherty v. Sullivan, 318 Ark. 608 (1994). For the reasons set forth in First Arkansas Bail Bonds, Inc. v. State, 373 Ark. 463, 284 S.W.3d 525 (2008), we hold that the circuit court\u2019s forfeiture of First Arkansas\u2019s bond failed to strictly comply with Ark. Code Ann. \u00a7 16-84-207. Accordingly, we reverse the circuit court\u2019s forfeiture judgment against First Arkansas and remand for an order consistent with this opinion.\nReversed and remanded.", "type": "majority", "author": "Jim Gunter, Justice." } ], "attorneys": [ "J. Carl Bush, for appellant.", "Dustin McDaniel, Att\u2019y Gen., by: Karen Virginia Wallace, Ass\u2019t Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "FIRST ARKANSAS BAIL BONDS, INC. v. STATE of Arkansas\n07-387\n284 S.W.3d 483\nSupreme Court of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered May 22, 2008\nJ. Carl Bush, for appellant.\nDustin McDaniel, Att\u2019y Gen., by: Karen Virginia Wallace, Ass\u2019t Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee." }, "file_name": "0468-01", "first_page_order": 494, "last_page_order": 495 }