# Safety National Casualty Corp. v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · May 14, 2008 · 273 S.W.3d 157

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9733888

## Case

- **Full name:** SAFETY NATIONAL CASUALTY CORP., Agent Manuel Leyva D/B/A Rocky Bail Bonds, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** May 14, 2008
- **Citations:** 273 S.W.3d 157; 2008 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 641; 2008 WL 2081488
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Cochran
- **Judges:** Meyers, Keller, Price, Womack, Johnson, Keasler, Hervey, Holcomb, Cochran
- **Cited by:** 83 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9733888

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining that statutory inadequacies are best left to the legislature to remedy
- describing judgment nisi as a provisional judgment that may later become final

## Opinion text

COCHRAN, J.,
concurring.
The State discusses several valid reasons why Article 22.13, dealing with the exoneration of a bail bond, may be a counterproductive statute that ties the hands of judges and thwarts the purpose of having a surety in the first place. Nonetheless, I agree with the majority that these deficits do not rise to the level of an unconstitu *165 tional violation of the separation-of-powers doctrine. These are matters that are best left to the Legislature and to Safety National Casualty Corp. Concurring Opinion Page 2 local governments that may increase their reliance upon non-profit Pretrial Services programs. The majority aptly notes, “Bail bonding is a business[.]” 1 Indeed it is. To the extent that the interests of the bail bond business and the needs of the criminal justice system are not on the same track, local and state governments are free to make appropriate adjustments. Courts do not decide the wisdom of such laws, they decide only their constitutionality.
I therefore join the majority opinion.
. Majority Op. at 164.

---

Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9733888. Public record. Not legal advice.