Opinion ID: 2604305
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: the terms of the bond extended bail bond's liability on the bond until rupp appeared before the trial court on remand.

Text: Bail Bond asserts that its liability on the bond terminated when the appeal before the Court of Appeals was concluded. We disagree. We first note that the bond is not part of the record before us. We do, however, have a transcript of the hearing in which the trial court considered Bail Bond's motion. At that hearing the trial court said: Furthermore, it's interesting to note the particular language of the bond which was filed on July 20, 1988, [and which] reads: The condition of this obligation is such that if said defendant shall appear at the next regular or special term of the District Court, Latah County, to be held in and for said county to answer charges of delivery of control[led] substance and shall appear from day to day and term to term of said court and shall not depart from the same without leave then this obligation shall be void else to remain in full force and effect. Based on this portion of the bond, the trial court ruled: The bond contemplates clearly the condition of the bond that if the defendant is, following appeal, ordered to appear before the Trial Court for further proceedings then the condition of ... the bonding company's obligation has been met, and if the defendant doesn't appear for further proceedings in the Trial Court the bond remains in full force and effect. It seems likely that in furnishing the bond Bail Bond used the wrong form for an appellate bond and that the portion of the bond read into the record by the trial court is usually included in an appearance bond in trial court. This does not concern us, however. The record before us is what we must consider. In the absence of any other information in the record concerning the contents of the bond, we accept the trial court's characterization. Because of this conclusion, we find it unnecessary to address whether I.C. § 19-2906 imposes a mandatory condition on all appellate bail bonds and is in conflict with the I.C.R. 46(b), which does not contain a requirement that an appeal bond continue through proceedings on remand.