Case Name: Robert Edward TROUTT v. Judge John LANGSTON and Tommy ROBINSON
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1984-08-21
Citations: 283 Ark. 220
Docket Number: CR 84-141
Parties: Robert Edward TROUTT v. Judge John LANGSTON and Tommy ROBINSON
Judges: Adkisson, C.J., Purtle and Hays, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 283
Pages: 220–220

Head Matter:
Robert Edward TROUTT v. Judge John LANGSTON and Tommy ROBINSON
CR 84-141
675 S.W.2d 625
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered August 21, 1984
Guy Jones, Jr., for petitioner.
Steve Clark, Att’y Gen., by: Theodore Holder, Asst. Att’y Gen., for respondent.

Opinion:
Temporary Writ of Mandamus is granted. The bondsman may surrender the defendant without cause pursuant to Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-716 (Repl. 1977) only if the consideration for making the bond is returned to the defendant.
Adkisson, C.J., Purtle and Hays, JJ., concur.
George Rose Smith, J., dissents.