Court Opinion

ID: 9779068
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 21:35:02.433273+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:33:20.641655
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David Newbern, Justice, concurring. The majority opinion refers both to “payment of a ticket” and to forfeiture of bond. The implication of the opinion is that these are different from one another. While I am familiar with the forfeiture of bond as a means of avoiding adjudication of an alleged traffic offense, I am unaware that there is any procedure known as “payment of a ticket” which differs from forfeiture of a bond. In my view it is enough to note that Ark. Stat. Ann. § 75-1011 (Repl. 1979) provides that a forfeiture of a bond is not admissible in any court in a civil action. As the majority opinion cites no authority to distinguish between the “payment of a ticket” and forfeiture of a bond, and as I know of no such authority, it is my view that this case involved only a bond forfeiture. The statute should control the outcome on this point, and we should not make a confusing reference to “payment of a ticket.” Holt, C.J., and Hickman, J. join in this concurrence.