William Bret Robinson vs. State

The state appeals the trial court's exoneration of a bond forfeiture taken against AA Bonding Company. The trial court exonerated the bonding company of the entire bond amount of $8,000, even though the forfeiture was final and the full amount had been paid to the trial court clerk. Concluding that Tenn. Code Annotated section 40-11-204(a) authorizes the action of the trial court and that the record reflects no abuse of the trial court's discretion, even though the trial court granted the exoneration via an $8,000 credit against AA Bonding's future forfeitures in Anderson County, we affirm the trial court's order to grant exoneration; however, we reverse as to the amount of, and the manner of effectuating the refund.